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THBImpressive / Fine Moche Loma Negra Gilded Copper Crown
Lot 109a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, Loma Negra ca. 100 to 300 CE. A fascinating, large, gilded copper crown of a square form when viewed from above or below, its outward-facing surface decorated with five bands of dangling gilded copper discs, each attached via a small strip curved into a loop, also made of gilded copper. It would have been sewn together around the head, with small perforations vertically along both sides of its opening at the back of the crown. This square style is associated with the royal burials at Loma Negra, located in Peru's upper Piura Valley. The site seems to have been quite unique amongst Moche cemeteries, as no ceramics have been found there. Size: 6" L x 7.25" W x 5.15" H (15.2 cm x 18.4 cm x 13.1 cm); 19.4" H (49.3 cm) on included custom stand.
This is a masterwork of Moche coppersmithing, which the Moche developed as a way to create objects that appeared as shiny and beautiful as gold but had more tensile strength than pure gold. Archaeological research in the 1980s of metal objects excavated from Loma Negra found that the Moche smiths invented the most sophisticated gilding methods ever known in the pre-Columbian Andes. After constructing forms like this crown from hammered sheet copper, they used mixtures of materials available on the desert coast to prepare the copper surface to bond together with the uniform, very thin gilt layer. In addition to the natural beauty of this crown, it represents an incredible ancient technological achievement.
See a similar example at the Museo Oro del Peru, Lima that was featured in the exhibition "Gold and the Incas Lost Worlds of Peru" at the National Gallery of Australia (https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/INCAS/Default.cfm?IRN=227510&MnuID=3&ViewID=2).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-private Hans Juergen Westermann collection, Germany
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#148345Repaired at corners, with repairs well done and difficult to see. Nice deposits on surface with much of the original gilding remaining.Condition
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