(Sotheby's, New York, New York, USA); 1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Repousse Disk, between 1100 and 1400
- Chimu, Precolumbian
Silver
- Framed: Overall: 1/2 × 13 3/8 inches (1.3 × 34 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund and funds from Richard A. Manoogian
1993.56
On View
- Native American S131
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Chimú
- Silver
- Figures (representations)
- Cover (overlying object)
- Disk
- Warriors
- Peru
- Heads (animal or human components)
- Birds
- Snakes
- Felines
Details
Provenance
Rights Status
Chimu, Precolumbian, Repousse Disk, between 1100 and 1400, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund and funds from Richard A. Manoogian, 1993.56.