Calima Gold Headdress Ornament, ca. A.D. 200-400

the thin headband attached to the flaring frontal of a human face with four plumes arching above, stylized avians curving out to the side, the face with squared grinning mouth and rimmed eyes, a grinning mask below the chin.

Lord Rothschild, London

Andre Emmerich Inc. , 1968

Renate Hofman, acquired from the above in 1975

Overall good but has 2 repaired tears on far PL plume , slight tear on upward curving PL flange at very tip.
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Cf. Emmerich (1965: fig. 68), for the elaborate hammered sheet gold headdress style.