Disk (Shield Cover), 14th–15th century, Peru, Chimú, Silver, Diam. 13 1/2 in. (34.4 cm), Metal-Ornaments, Made of thin sheet silver, this disk is one of at least eleven highly similar examples reportedly found in a burial, or burials, on Peru’s north coast. The disks are all between thirty and thirty-five centimeters in diameter, and share the same basic composition, in which four concentric bands of repoussé ornament (a design hammered in relief from the back of the disk) surround a central undecorated convex boss
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Disk, Shield Cover, 14th–15th century, Peru, Chimú, Silver, Diam, 13 1/2, 34.4 cm, Metal-Ornaments, thin sheet silver, disk, eleven highly, examples reportedly, burial, burials, north, coast, disks, thirty, thirty-five centimeters, diameter, share, basic composition, four concentric, bands, repoussé ornament, design hammered, relief, back, surround, central undecorated, convex, boss
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