Chimu Inlaid Wood Ear Spool, ca. 900 - 1250 CE Jewelry - Earrings columnar silhouette

columnar silhouette

with the conventionally called "Contest Scene" becoming the most common design

The Ancestors are said to have turned into the goannas that now populate the deserts and other regions of Australia

Hillside Gallery

Cylinder seals were used to protect vessels

Chimu Inlaid Wood Ear Spool, ca. 900 - 1250 CE Jewelry - Earrings columnar silhouetteThis finely crafted wooden ear spool is inlaid with an elaborate mosaic of mother of pearl, turquoise, and spondylus shell. The face is centered by a complex geometric composition depicting a four headed avian creature sharing a single body with spread wings, rendered in the abstract visual language characteristic of Chimu art. Around the perimeter runs a border of inset circular elements that frame the central motif and emphasize the objects symmetry