Title
Male figurine cast in silver with unusual inlay of gold, stone and pink shell
Caption
Male figurine cast in silver with unusual inlay of gold, stone and pink shell, The figure represents an idealised Inca male of elite status as shown by the long earlobes stretched by wearing large ear discs. This practice was restricted to the Inca nobility. Peru. Inca. 1430 1532 AD.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A30_326
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
142,0Mb (5,4Mb) / 20,8in x 26,6in / 6228 x 7968 (300dpi)