Cut-out Disk 6th–7th Century Moche (Loma Negra) questo disco in rame dorato presenta una figura centrale con bracci allungati, raffigurati in silhouette e circondati da tre anelli concentrici di intagli circolari. La figura tiene una testa nella mano sinistra e un coltello a lama a mezzaluna (tumi) nella mano destra. Un headdress crescente ed un tessuto di laccio completano gli ornamenti della figura. Quattro bande, ciascuna bisecata da una linea, emanano verso l'esterno dalla figura. Tali raggi possono rappresentare le otto gambe di un ragno (Alva, 2008; Cordy-Collins, 1992). Il metallo rimosso per creare i fori circolari è stato probabilmente ridestinato a cr

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• ID dell’immagine: 2HH8AKW
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• Dimensioni: 2814 x 2304 px | 23,8 x 19,5 cm | 9,4 x 7,7 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 21 gennaio 2022

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Cutout Disk 6th–7th century Moche (Loma Negra) This gilded copper disk features a central figure with outstretched arms, shown in silhouette, and encircled by three concentric rings of circular cut-outs. The figure holds a head in his left hand and a crescent-bladed knife (tumi) in his right hand. A crescent headdress and a loincloth complete the figure’s adornments. Four bands, each bisected by a line, emanate outward from the figure. Such rays may represent the eight legs of a spider (Alva, 2008; Cordy-Collins, 1992). The metal removed to create the circular holes was likely repurposed to create the dangles, each held in place by wires fixed to the back of the disk and suspended near each cut-out hole. Other circular dangles are suspended along the circumference of the disk, as well as from the figure’s tunic and rays. In its original state the shimmering of the gilded disks must have been striking. In Moche iconography, figures holding a trophy head and a tumi knife have been identified as a god known as the Decapitator (Cordy-Collins, 1992; for another example in the Met’s collection, see accession number 1982.392.8). In many representations, the figure is also shown with barred teeth and an elaborate headdress (see also 1979.206.1247). The significance of the association of this powerful figure with spiders in unknown, but perhaps the manner in which spiders trap their prey in a web before draining them of their vital fluids had relevance to the Moche practice of battle and prisoner sacrifice (Alva, 2008; Cordy-Collins, 1992).The use of disks such as the present example is unclear. They may have served as shield frontals, attached to a cane backing, now lost. The delicate nature of this metal ornament would have provided little physical protection in battle, but the imagery itself may have been thought to have certain apotropaic qualities. Alternatively, these disks may have been attached to textile banners or some other type of object. The Moche (also