Chimu Copper Pin, Silver Ring + Silvered Copper Gorget

**Originally Listed At $300**

Pre-Columbian, North/Central Coast Peru, Chimu, ca. 1100 to 1470 CE. A lovely gathering of three fine artifacts from the Chimu peoples of ancient Peru. First is a circular silver (90% silver) ring with a thick band and parallel serpentine forms on top. Next is a small cast-copper pin with a perforated midsection and a slender body surmounted by a stylized avian finial. Last is a silvered-copper gorget with an inverse omega-form body, a raised ovoid eye framed within each serrated lateral arm, and a trio of pierced suspension holes. Size of largest (pin): 6.1" L (15.5 cm); quality of silver (ring): 90%; US ring size 6.

Provenance: ex-private Grotte collection, Quincy, Illinois, USA, collected around 1980

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Condition Report: All items have slight bending to overall forms, softening to some finer details where applicable, with light encrustations to pin and gorget, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and fine patina throughout.