Disk

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/801

One gilded disc with two suspension holes near rim. Flat, thin, round disc with a round central protrusion, surrounded by a repousse band of four profile heads with two tassels each. Some corrossion, but most of the surface appears to be scraped clean.


  • Type of Item disk
  • Culture Chimu
  • Material copper metal, gold metal
  • Measurements height 1.0 cm, diameter 8.0 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Lambayeque

  • 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 good
  • Accession Number 2990/0801