A rare set of Chimu Silver Roundel Medallions, Early Intermediate/Middle Horizon, ca. 500 CE Objects of Everyday Use protector of home

protector of home

represented by its head and tubular body that rests on a stylized lion mask

and their ceramics are highly regarded as sculptural works portraying motion

and particularly regeneration of the sun

Provenance:  Austin private collection

A rare set of Chimu Silver Roundel Medallions, Early Intermediate/Middle Horizon, ca. 500 CE Objects of Everyday Use protector of homeSilver, associated with the nighttime world of the moon and stars, was also linked with the world of the dead. In the Andean region, the world of the dead was identified with both the ocean and the dark depths of the humid earth. In other words, life began and ended in water. These complex symbolic associations made silver the perfect material for the manufacture of personal adornments with a readily apparent ceremonial and funerary function. Objects