A Chimu Spondyllus Duck Amulet, ca. 800 - 1400 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold with a fine limestone casing

with a fine limestone casing built over mud-brick retaining walls and a rubble core

in the form of a ram's head with long curled horns

Dimensions: Height: 7 3/8 inches (18

Egyptian iconography is rife with depictions of Egyptian leaders smiting enemies with a mace

Provenance: Ex Rockford College Art Museum Collection

A Chimu Spondyllus Duck Amulet, ca. 800 - 1400 CE Chains - 18K Yellow Gold with a fine limestone casingCleverly carved from gorgeous two toned cream and orange spondyllus shell, in the form of a duck with a large head and pointed beak, large inlaid eyes, a forward facing body with pert tail feathers, inlaid with seven greenstone gems on one side, and six greenstone and one turquoise gem on the other. Standing on a rectangular base with a round suspension hole at the bottom. Spondylus shell was highly prized by all Pre Columbian cultures, even more so