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South America - Peru
Sicán / Lambayeque
Gold & Metals Exhibit
700 A.D. - 1370 A.D.

Sicán / Lambayeque
Utility Objects
Ornamental Utility Objects
Sican Double-spout-and-bridge bottle, A.D. 800­1370 - Hammered gold - H. 8 3/8" (21.2 cm); W. 9 7/8" (25 cm), - D. 5 5/8" (14.4 cm)

Dumbarton Oaks Collection

Figural Flask
Peru, North Coast, Lambayeque Valley, Sicán, 9th-15th Century hammered and embossed gold alloy Overall: 8.7cm x 4.2cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gold ceremonial cup

Museo Larco

   
Sicán / Lambayeque
Kero Drinking Beakers
Sican Kero Drinking Vessels
Gold Cup - Sicán - Peru (North Coast) - Cup, A.D. 850-1050

Worcester Art Museum

 

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Silver Cup - Sicán - Peru (North Coast) - Cup, A.D. 850-1050

National Museum Of Peru

Gold Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán - c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed, 7 in.

Saint Petersburg (FL) Museum of Fine Arts Collection

Gold Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán - c. 700-1100
Gold hammered and embossed with Chrisocola

Gold Museum Of Peru

Gold Effigy Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed, 7 3/4 inches high

Saint Petersburg (FL) Museum of Fine Arts Collection

Gold Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed, 6 in.

Saint Petersburg (FL) Museum of Fine Arts Collection

Gold Effigy Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed

Gold Museum Of Peru

Gold Beaker (Kero) with Inlaid Chrisocola - Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250 - Gold hammered and embossed

Gold Museum Of Peru

Kero Beaker with inlaid polished stones

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Sican Kero with Figure Attached, A.D. 800­1370 - Hammered gold
H. 8 3/8" (21.4 cm); W. 4 1/8" (10.4 cm), D. 7" (17.9 cm)

Dumbarton Oaks Collection

Lambayeque Kero beakers

Museo Banco Central de la Reserva del Peru

 

Sican Kero Beaker

Museo Nacional Sicán

Kero beaker

Museo Nacional Sicán

Kero Beaker
Peru, North Coast, Sicán
c. 800-1370 hammered and embossed, and soldered gold alloy Overall: 15.2cm x 12cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sican Beaker

Museo Larco

Gold Ceremonial Vase
Gold Ceremonial Vase Lambayeque 653 - 1,203 years ago (800 – 1350 CE)
 

Museo Larco

 

Double-walled beaker with repoussé decoration, 14th–15th century; Lambayeque (Sicán)/Chimú
North Coast
Silver; H. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Denver Art Museum

 

   
Sicán Gold Plates
Plates and discs Of The Sican
Gold plate with copper trim and radial sun pattern

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold plate with radial sun pattern

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold plate with copper trim and radial sun pattern

Museo Nacional Sicán

   
Sicán Tumi Objects
Ceremonial Knives Of The Sican
Tumi Knife - Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.).

Gold Museum Of Peru

Tumi Knife - Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.).

National Museum Of Peru

Tumi Knife - Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.).

 

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Tumi Knife - Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.).
Back & Front

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Sicán Crowns
Crowns from the Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture
Shows how the crown and headdress fit together

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold Tumi shaped "Tocadero" head piece

Museo Nacional Sicán

Tubular gold crown with cross pattern

Museo Nacional Sicán

Tubular gold crown with diamond pattern

Museo Nacional Sicán

Tubular gold crown with wave design

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental gold and jewel head piece/band

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold and silver allow Tumi head pieces

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold "Tocadero" head piece

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold headdress

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold headdress

Museo Nacional Sicán

Feather style headdress

Museo Nacional Sicán

Feather style headdress

Museo Nacional Sicán

Feather style headdress

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold and silver Tumi style headpiece

Museo Nacional Sicán

Sican / Lambayeque Hair Pin, A.D. 800­1370 Hammered gold and silver H. 13" (33.1 cm); W. 4 7/8" (12.5 cm)

Dumbarton Oaks Collection


Gold Lambayeque Crown

Museo Larco

Sicán Ornamental objects
Ornamental pre-columbian gold designs designs or motifs


A Sican Nobleman in full ornamentation


A Sican Nobleman in full ornamentation

 

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A sheet of embossed gold ready to cut out the individual pieces

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold Nose cover piece

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

bird shaped gold broach

Museo Larco

Gold Mask
Peru, 3rd-10th Century gold Overall: 7cm x 8.6cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sicán Pendant Ornaments
Ornamental objects worn by the Sican
Gold double bird pendant Lambayeque

Museo Larco

Gold double bird pendant Lambayeque

Museo Larco

 

Sicán Hand Wrist & Neck Ornaments
Ornamental objects worn on the hands, wrists, and neck of the Sican
Sican Gold & Chrisocola Tumi Lecklace

Gold Museum Of Peru

Necklace of 20 gold star shaped bells

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Sican style Arm - Batan Grande, Lambayeque, Peru - Arm, A.D. 800­1370 - Hammered gold inlaid with turquoise - L. 8" (20.2 cm); W. 2 7/8" (7.3 cm); D. 1 3/4" (4.4 cm)

Dumbarton Oaks Collection

 

Sican style Arm - Batan Grande, Lambayeque, Peru - Arm, A.D. 800­1370 - Hammered gold

Gold Museum Of Peru

 

Gold alloy bracelet

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Gold bead lambayeque necklace

Museo Larco

Gold lambayeque necklace

Museo Larco

 
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Sicán Ear Ornaments
Plates, discs, and designs to be ears of the Sican
Sican nobleman headwear Showing ear discs Gold and jade ear piece with animal motif (tapir?)

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Gold filigreed ear piece

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold ear spools with avian motif

Museo Nacional Sicán

pair of gold ear pieces

Museo Nacional Sicán

Sican Style Ear Stud

National Museum Of Peru

 

Silver ear pieces

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold ear spools

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental gold ear pieces

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Silver Ear piece

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

 

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Earspool - A.D. 900–1375
Gold - H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

Decorated gold earspools such as this, which were worn in pairs, would have marked a man as from the top echelons of society and were among the types of objects that were buried with him at death. The cylindrical portion passed through an enlarged hole in the ear lobe. It was held in place by a thread that passed across the back of the head and was attached to a hole in each shaft, leaving the wearer's face framed by the disks.

Indiana University Art Museum

   
Sicán Textile Ornaments
Plates, discs, and designs to be applied to textiles of the Sican
Gold textile ornaments

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornate gold ornamental plaque

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental gold figure

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Ornamental gold plaque

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Gold ornamental spiral

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Small ornamental mask

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Gold Lambayeque ornament

Museo Larco

Gold textile ornaments

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold Lambayeque ornament

Museo Larco

Gold Lambayeque ornament

Museo Larco

 

 
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  Gold Lambayeque ornament

Museo Larco

 

Sicán Armor
Body Armor from the Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture
Shoulder armor

Museo Nacional Sicán

Back piece of gold tunic

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

Silver alloy front waist guard armor

Museo Nacional Sicán

Front Piece of gold tunic

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold plated rear waist guard armor

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold plated rear waist guard armor

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold Forearm Armor

Museo Larco

Front Piece of gold tunic

Museo Larco

Sicán Metal Weapons
Blowguns and other metal weapons Of The Sican
Gold blowgun

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold Blowgun

Museo Nacional Sicán

Bronze spear tip

Museo Nacional Sicán

Bronze spear tips

Museo Nacional Sicán

Tumi knife

Museo Nacional Sicán

Bronze spear tip

Museo Nacional Sicán 

Sicán Standrads
Standards & Banners from the Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture
Ornamental Gold alloy Standard (Banner)

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental multi-piece standard (was originally mounted on cloth banner/flag that had disintegrated)

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental multi-piece standard (was mounted on copper banner that had disintegrated)

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental multi-piece standard (was mounted on copper banner that had disintegrated)

Museo Nacional Sicán

Ornamental multi-piece standard in the shape of a Tumi (was mounted on copper/Tumbaga banner that had disintegrated)

Museo Nacional Sicán

 

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Ornamental multi-piece standard (was originally mounted on cloth banner/flag that had disintegrated)

Museo Nacional Sicán

two Ornamental multi-piece standards in the shape of a Tumi (was mounted on copper/Tumbaga banner that had disintegrated)

Museo Nacional Sicán

Gold standard

Museo Nacional Sicán

Complex uniquely shaped "Feather" style gold and copper standard

Museo Nacional Sicán

   
Sicán Figurines
Human and animal figurines from the Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture

 

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Blowgun figurine

Museo Nacional Sicán

Sicán Funerary Masks
Funerary Masks from the Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture
Funerary Mask, 10th–11th century - Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque) - Gold, cinnabar, copper overlays; W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)

Many Andean peoples placed masks as false faces on the mummy bundles of important individuals. Depending on the status and wealth of the deceased, the masks could be of wood, ceramic, or cloth; those of the most powerful were of gold and silver. This mask comes from the northern La Leche River valley, where a succession of powerful rulers amassed prodigious amounts of wealth in metal objects. Recently, archaeologists discovered a royal burial at the presumed ceremonial and funerary center of the Sicán culture, Batán Grande. The main personage's face was covered by a sheet-gold mask similar to the present example. It was painted with bright red cinnabar and embellished with nose and ear ornaments and dangles. In some South American countries today, red is thought to have protective qualities. Perhaps the mask's red pigment was meant to protect the deceased in the afterlife. Poorly understood features on Sicán burial masks are the skewerlike projections from the pupils of the eyes. They may symbolize a penetrating gaze.

Metropolitan Museum

Sicán Mask

National Museum Of Peru

 
Sicán Mask
Including headband and standard as headdress

National Museum Of Peru

 
Sicán Gold & Emerald Mask

Gold Museum Of Peru

 

Sicán funerary mask with feathers

Museo Nacional Sicán

Sicán funerary mask

Museo Nacional Sicán

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