IMPORTANT Pre-Columbian Gold Sican Earspools Ca. 800-1000 A.D. for Sale

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IMPORTANT Pre-Columbian Gold Sican Earspools Ca. 800-1000 A.D. For Sale

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IMPORTANT Pre-Columbian Gold Sican Earspools Ca. 800-1000 A.D.:
$16500.00

Important matched pair of gold royal earspools with repousse spiral birds. Wheel or drumlike hollow forms, constructed of heavy sheet gold, having slightly corseted sides, and rimed surfaces on both the front and back. Fronts both with similar decoration having an outer and inner row of stylized birds, the birds in the inner row are wearing crescent type headdresses. Several areas of red-brown surface patina. Both are in exc. cond. Beautiful and rare examples.
Ex. Jean-Eugene Lions collectio, Ex Arte Primitivo
Ca. 800-1000 A.D.
SiZe 2-3/4inches x 1-1/inches
South Coast Peru
The Sican (also Sicán) culture is the name that archaeologist Izumi Shimada gave to the culture that inhabited what is now the north coast of Peru between about 750 and 1375. According to Shimada, Sican means \"temple of the Moon\".[1] The Sican culture is also referred to as Lambayeque culture, after the name of the region in Peru. It succeeded the Moche culture. There is still controversy among archeologists and anthropologists over whether the two are separate cultures. The Sican culture is divided into three major periods based on cultural changes as evidenced in archeological artifacts.