1989.W.531 Headdress ornament (Peru, Nasca)

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
NOTES
  • Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300 BCE–400 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 11/29/13, 06/19/14, 03/25/16, 03/30/16, and 03/31/16.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 23, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Nazca: TGN: 7033105
Process/materials
gold: AAT: 300011021
goldwork: AAT: 300044045
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
hammering (metal finishing): AAT: 300054098
Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
Individuals
Subject terms
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
crowns (headdresses): AAT: 300046020
jewelry worn on the head: AAT: 300209301
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
reptiles: AAT: 300265956
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
power: AAT: 300374809
prestige: AAT: 300343604
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
mouths (animal or human components): DMA
masks (costume): AAT: 300138758
mouth masks (masks / costume): AAT: 300417293
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
Anthropomorphic Mythical Being (AMB / Nazca deity): DMA
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
body modification: AAT: 300262468
RELATED OBJECTS 
PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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FUN FACTS
  • This headdress ornament was featured in the World of Ancient Gold exhibit at the New York's World's Fair, Travel and Transportation Pavilion (April 22-October 18, 1964).
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "J21 Nazca headdress ornament with pendant snake (?) heads, 6 at top at 6 at each side. 8 1/4" x 7  1/4"."
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Fun Facts
  • This headdress ornament was featured in the World of Ancient Gold exhibit at the New York's World's Fair, Travel and Transportation Pavilion (April 22-October 18, 1964).
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "J21 Nazca headdress ornament with pendant snake (?) heads, 6 at top at 6 at each side. 8 1/4" x 7  1/4"."
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Notes
  • Nasca, Early Intermediate Period, 300 BCE–400 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 11/29/13, 06/19/14, 03/25/16, 03/30/16, and 03/31/16.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 23, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Nazca: TGN: 7033105
Process/materials
gold: AAT: 300011021
goldwork: AAT: 300044045
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
hammering (metal finishing): AAT: 300054098
Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
Individuals
Subject terms
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
crowns (headdresses): AAT: 300046020
jewelry worn on the head: AAT: 300209301
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
reptiles: AAT: 300265956
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
power: AAT: 300374809
prestige: AAT: 300343604
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
mouths (animal or human components): DMA
masks (costume): AAT: 300138758
mouth masks (masks / costume): AAT: 300417293
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
deities: AAT: 300343850
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
Anthropomorphic Mythical Being (AMB / Nazca deity): DMA
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
body modification: AAT: 300262468
RELATED OBJECTS 
PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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*Arts of the Americas
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
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Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
deities: AAT: 300343850
myth: AAT: 300201023
masks (costume): AAT: 300138758
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
human figures: AAT: 300404114
body modification: AAT: 300262468
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
power: AAT: 300374809
goldwork: AAT: 300044045
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
gold (metal): AAT: 300011021
hammering (metal finishing): AAT: 300054098
prestige: AAT: 300343604
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
mouths (animal or human components): DMA
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
crowns (headdresses): AAT: 300046020
repetition (artistic concept): AAT: 300400861
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
suns (stars): AAT: 300379806
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
tattoos: AAT: 300015614
Nazca (Nasca): AAT: 300017290
jewelry worn on the head: AAT: 300209301
scarifications (visual works): AAT: 300262452
Nazca: TGN: 7033105
reptiles: AAT: 300265956
Anthropomorphic Mythical Being (AMB / Nazca deity): DMA
mouth masks (masks / costume): AAT: 300417293
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