Moche Gilded Copper Alloy Disc Ornament lozipeople uk/objects/co88694/needle-bronze-roman-199bc-500ad-needle-piercing-tool

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Chancay textiles played a critical role in funerary customs

stretches west and south of Lake Victoria between the Mwanza Gulf and the Serengeti Plain

Isolated in the fertile Bailem Valley until the mid-20th century

Moche Gilded Copper Alloy Disc Ornament lozipeople uk/objects/co88694/needle-bronze-roman-199bc-500ad-needle-piercing-toolPre Columbian Era, Moche Culture, Moche Phase IIIV, c. 200600 AD, Northern Peru An exceptional and rare gilded copper disc applique, possibly representing the Sun, a powerful symbol in Moche cosmology. The ornament features a small suspension hole, suggesting it was once attached to a ceremonial object or garment. The precise function of such discs remains uncertain, but scholars speculate they may have served as ritual adornments for symbolic