#intermediate period

Medium: Feathers, adhesive, gourd, and leather.

~ Mantle. Period: Early Intermediate Period, Phase Date: 0–A.D. 100 Place of origin: Perú, South Coast

~ Nose Ornament with Human Head and Condors Attacking Humans. Date: ca. A.D. 100-300 Place of origin: Perú, North Coast Culture: Moche culture (50-800) Period: Early Intermediate Period (AD 0-700) Medium: Gold alloy

Consisting of a circlet constructed from a single band of sheet silver, with chased 'basket-weave' decoration, fronted by two separately made uraei, hammered and filed, each attached by two rivets, with incised cross-hatching and 'V's on their front, the heads finely modelled in the round and engraved, the rear of the diadem with separately made bow consisting of a disc with hatched border flanked by lotus buds with stippled outer petals, and pendant ribbons with 'ladder' pattern, all cut from a single sheet of silver, with traces of original gilding