jeweled platypus

 

saturday, january 05, 2008
Peruvian art and some tentacles

A few days ago, my friend and I were wandering around the American Museum of Natural History when I spied a reproduction of the tomb of the Lord of Sipán, the place where archaeologists dug up the pre-Columbian earspool I call the “jeweled platypus”:

a side view

a close-up of the three earspools

I learned and wrote a lot about the jeweled platypus last June, so this exhibit was cool to see. Some of the other nice things I saw at the museum:

it says 'do not want' and is labeled 'ceramic bottle modeled in form of a standing feline, decorated with resist-painted motif, gallinaro style, peru'

tentacles!

comments (3)

Oooh, neat.
Sharyn on 1/13/2008 17:27:11

hey, thanks for blogging that image of my absolute favorite peruvian stirrup vessel. i took an ancient peruvian art history course last semester and i have drawings of that lil cat from a slide lecture all over my notes. he's the best.
jessica on 2/14/2008 20:34:37

i also see that you have an earspool for your layout. very nice..
jessica on 2/14/2008 20:35:56

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