Cockle Shell Ornament
Object type: Ornament
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Moche
Date: 6th–7th century
Medium: Gilded copper
Dimensions: Height 1-7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
Classification: Metal-Ornaments
Geography:     Peru  
Credit line: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986
Accession year: 1987