Vicús Emblematic Gilded Copper Plaques

Room 12, Vitrine 155

Metal
Peruvian Northern Coast
Formative Epoch (1250 BC – 1 AD)
ML100554-ML100559, ML101008, ML101433- ML101445, ML101449, ML101554, ML100561.

The ceremonial and funerary attire of members of the pre-Columbian elite was decorated with plaques which would have functioned as emblems of power. The majority of these are adorned with feline faces and mythological characters.