Ornament

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/841 a-e

Assorted copper ornaments or bracelet elements. a) Thin copper ring with flat surface and shell pendant with irregular form. Corroded and broken. b) Thin copper ring with flat surface and shell pendant with irregular form. Corroded and broken. c) Thin copper ring with flat surface and shell pendant with irregular form. Broken and corroded. d) Two joined thin copper rings. One has flat surface and the other is rounded. Broken and corroded. e) 28 assorted copper bracelet elements with different shapes: six stars with suspension holes in the middle, three long with curved edges and suspension lugs on top, four rounded with suspension lugs on top, three with flat surface, three pointed ends and one suspension lug on top and rounded on the other side, eight are rounded with suspension lugs on top and four are miscellanous bracelet elements. Broken and corroded.


  • Type of Item ornament
  • Culture Chimu
  • Material copper metal
  • Measurements height 2.0 cm, width 3.4 cm, depth 3.1 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in La Libertad

  • Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0841 a-e