The funerary bundle of the Señora de Cao, headdress ornament and six nose ornaments, found in what is now the El Brujo Archaeological Complex, c. 400 C.E., Moche (Museo Cao, Magdalena de Cao, Peru)
Additional resources:
An introduction to Moche culture
Check out the El Brujo Archaeological Complex
Exhibition objects from Golden Kingdoms, including Moche works
Read more about Moche iconography from Dumbarton Oaks
Read more about Moche ceramics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas, ed. Joanne Pillsbury, Kim Richter, and Timothy Potts (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017).
Walter Alva and Christopher B. Donnan, Royal Tombs of Sipán (Los Angeles: Fowler Museum, 1993)
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