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Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas
1. Mouth Mask with Feline Creature and Human Figures, 800–550 BC Cupisnique/Chavín Gold Object: H: 14.6 x W: 21.3 x D: 0.3 cm (5 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1/8 in.) Museo Kuntur Wasi, San Pablo, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú Image © Kuntur Wasi Museum EX.2017.2.171
2. Tabard with Lizard-like Creatures, 500–750 Nasca Feathers on cotton Object: H: 58.5 x W: 77.5 cm (23 1/16 x 30 1/2 in.) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund Photo: Katherine Wetzel, © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts EX.2017.2.344
3. Nose Ornament with Spiders, 1st century BC–AD 2nd century Salinar Gold Object: H: 5.1 x W: 11.1 x D: 0.3 cm (2 x 4 3/8 x 1/8 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1172) Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art EX.2017.2.326
4. Nose Ornament with Spiders (detail), 1st century BC– AD 2nd century Salinar Gold Object: H: 5.1 x W: 11.1 x D: 0.3 cm (2 x 4 3/8 x 1/8 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1172) Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art EX.2017.2.326
5. Earspool Depicting a Warrior, 640–680 Moche Gold, turquoise, wood Object: Diam.: 9.5 cm (1 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.) Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán, Lambayeque, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú Photo: Juan Pablo Murrugarra Villanueva EX.2017.2.179
6. Nose Ornament, about 400 Moche Gold, silver, turquoise Object: H: 4.4 x W: 6.7 x D: 0.3 cm (1 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 1/8 in.) Museo Cao, Magdalena de Cao, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú Photo: Fundación Augusto N. Wiese EX.2017.2.223
7. Burial Mask, 525–550 Moche Copper, gilded copper, shell, violet-colored stone Object: H: 20 x W: 22.2 x D: 10.8 cm (7 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.) Museo de Sitio Chan Chan, Huanchaco, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú Photo: Christopher B. Donnan EX.2017.2.224
8. Octopus Frontlet, 300–600 Moche Gold, chrysocolla, shells Object: H: 27.9 x W: 43.2 x D: 4.4 cm (11 x 17 x 1 3/4 in.) Museo de la Nación, Lima, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú EX.2017.2.200
9. Feathered Panel, 600–900 Wari Feathers on cotton, camelid fiber Object: H: 73.7 x W: 213 cm (29 x 83 7/8 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.467) Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art EX.2017.2.310.2
10. Royal Tunic (All T’oqapu Tunic), ca. 1530 Inca Camelid wefts, cotton warps, natural dyes Object: 90.2 x 77.2 cm (35 1/2 x 30 3/8 in.) Object (with base): H: 97.8 x W: 82.6 cm (38 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.) Pre-Columbian Collection, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC Image © Dumbarton Oaks, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC EX.2017.2.346
11. Nose Ornament, 100 BC–AD 300 Malagana Gold Object: H: 28 x W: 25.5 cm (11 x 10 1/16 in.) Museo del Oro, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia Photo: Clark M. Rodríguez EX.2017.2.3
12. Pendant, 1 BC–AD 700 Tolima Gold Object: H: 32 x W: 16.2 cm (12 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.) Museo del Oro, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colombia Photo: Clark M. Rodríguez EX.2017.2.10
13. Plaque, 1200–1500 Coclé Gold Object: H: 27 x W: 30 x D: 0.2 cm (10 5/8 x 11 13/16 x 1/16 in.) Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Peabody Museum Expedition, 1930 Image © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM# 30-49-20/C11036, (digital file # 60742765) EX.2017.2.283
14. Face Ornaments of Quetzalcoatl, 800–1100 Maya Gold Right eye: H: 15.9 x W: 13.5 x D: 0.1 cm (6 1/4 x 5 5⁄16 x 1⁄16 in.) Left eye: H: 16.1 x W: 13.6 x D: 0.1 cm (6 5⁄16 x 5 3⁄8 x 1⁄16 in.) Mouth: H: 7.4 x W: 14.8 x D: 0.1 cm (2 15⁄16 x 5 13⁄16 x 1⁄16 in.) Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Peabody Museum Expedition, 1907–1910 Michael Cardinali, Photographer. © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, PM# 20/ C7678, 10-71-20/C7679.1-.2 (digital file# 99310231) EX.2017.2.245
15. Royal Belt Ornament, about 400–500 Maya Jadeite Object: H: 23.5 x W: 7.6 x D: 0.3 cm (9 1/4 x 3 x 1/8 in.) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas EX.2017.2.340
16. Royal Belt Ornament (obverse), about 400–500 Maya Jadeite Object: H: 23.5 x W: 7.6 x D: 0.3 cm (9 1/4 x 3 x 1/8 in.) Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas EX.2017.2.340
17. Plaque Showing a Seated King and Palace Attendant, 600–800 Maya Jadeite Object: H: 14 x W: 14 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.) Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK Image © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY EX.2017.2.48
18. Mask of the Red Queen, 672 Maya Jadeite, malachite, shell, obsidian, limestone Mask: H: 19.7 x W: 14 x D: 3 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.) Museo de Sitio de Palenque “Alberto Ruz L’Huillier,” Palenque, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura – INAH Image © Secretaría de Cultura-INAH. Photo: Michel Zabé / Art Resource, NY EX.2017.2.78
19. Pectoral, 900–1521 Huastec Shell Object: L: 17.8 x W: 8.3 cm (7 x 3 1/4 in.) Courtesy of the Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University EX.2017.2.238
20. Codex Zouche-Nuttall, Page 27, 1350–1450 Mixtec (Ñudzavui) Deerskin, gesso, pigment Closed: H: 19 x W: 23.5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.) Open: L: 114 cm (44 7/8 in.) Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK Image © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY EX.2017.2.50
21. Codex Zouche-Nuttall, Page 26, 1350–1450 Mixtec (Ñudzavui) Deerskin, gesso, pigment Closed: H: 19 x W: 23.5 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.) Open: L: 114 cm (44 7/8 in.) Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK Image © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY EX.2017.2.50
22. Mosaic Shield, 1400–1500 Mixtec (Ñudzavui) Turquoise, wood, stone, tree pitch Object: Diam.: 32.5 x D: 2 cm (12 13/16 x 13/16 in.) Courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (108708.000). Photo by Ernest Amoroso EX.2017.2.354
23. Attributed to Francisco Gualpuyogualcal (Nahua, active 16th century) And Juan González (active 16th century) Codex Mendoza, Folio 46r, 1542 Nahua and Spanish Paper, pigment Closed: H: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.) Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1, fol. 46r EX.2017.2.47
24. Serpent Labret with Articulated Tongue, 1300–1521 Aztec Gold Object: H: 6.7 x W: 4.5 x D: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, 2015 Benefit Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2016 (2016.64) Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art EX.2017.2.390
25. Shield Pendant with Darts, about 1500 Mixtec (Ñudzavui) Gold Object: H: 10.2 x W: 8.3 x D: 1.1 cm (4 x 3 1/4 x 7/16 in.) Museo Baluarte de Santiago, Veracruz, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura – INAH Image © Secretaría de Cultura-INAH. Photo: Michel Zabé / Art Resource, NY EX.2017.2.153
26. Andrés Sánchez Galque Andean, active Quito, about 1599 Don Francisco de Arobe and Sons Pedro and Domingo, 1599 Oil on canvas Unframed: 92 × 175 cm (36 1/4 × 68 7/8 in.) Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, PO4778 Image © Museo Nacional del Prado / Art Resource, NY EX.2017.2.229