Human effigy pendant

Moche

A.D. 50–800

Object Place: Perú, North Coast

Medium/Technique Gold alloy

Dimensions 6.35 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Charles Augustus Vialle Fund

Accession Number24.336

DescriptionPendant cast in the form of a human male figure holding two large circles of thin flat gold.

ProvenanceWith Walter Channing Wyman, Chicago(?), by 1924; to MFA, June 1924, purchased together with 24.337 for a total price of $800.00.