Cleveland Museum of Art

Ear Flare Frontal

Date

Chimú style (900–1470)

Medium

hammered gold alloy

Culture

Peru, North Coast, Paramonga(?), Chimú style (900-1470)

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

These gold discs, each with the image of a richly dressed Chimú lord, originally were attached to the fronts of ear ornaments equipped with long, thick shafts that passed through the ear lobes. Such ornaments were important markers of wealth and elite status.

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