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Disk
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Disk

Artist/Maker (North Coast, Peru)
Date900-1460
Mediumsilver alloy
DimensionsOverall: 7/8 x 13 1/2 in. (2.2 x 34.3 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
    Object number88.0159
    DescriptionThis silver disk is one of four which Dr. Junius Bird, formerly of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, has cited from what he calls "Litter No. 2 Tomb," excavated in the vicinity of Chan Chan near Trujillo, Peru. The exact function of the disc is unknown but it was possibly a shield cover or an adornment for the interior of a palace. A central boss is ringed by four concentric repousse bands, each composed of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures. The complex iconography appears to focus on the interplay of human and animal forms within various geographic settings which include water, earth and air.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Face
    Gran Chiriquí
    ca. 800-1200
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hieroglyphic Panel Fragment
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 700-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eternal Hexagon 6
    Robert Indiana
    1964
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Teapot
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Pectoral Ornament
    Gran Coclé
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Temple Model
    Nayarit
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Jama-Coaque
    200 BCE-600 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels
    Bernardino Fungai
    ca. 1510-1515
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dragon
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Umber Disk and Red Edge
    Patrick Heron
    1970
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    The Contest of Apollo and Marsyas or Pan
    ca. 1545
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Wendigen Journal Cover
    El Lissitzky
    1930
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