Pre-Columbian Chavín culture copper alloy plaque manganese deposits and age-related degradation

manganese deposits and age-related degradation throughout

and highly desirable kaolin-slipped surface

The painted design includes linear framing elements and stylized forms arranged in a repeating horizontal composition

and retains notable traces of original polychrome decoration

Pre-Columbian Chavín culture copper alloy plaque manganese deposits and age-related degradationAuthentic Pre Columbian Chavn culture copper alloy plaque, Peru, ca. 900200 BCE. This rare ceremonial plaque is hammered from a copper based alloy and decorated in repouss with classic Chavn iconography, featuring stylized anthropomorphic and zoomorphic imagery characteristic of the Chavn religious tradition. The plaque retains its original suspended metal danglers, still attached through ancient perforations along the lower edgean exceptional