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Crayfish

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Crayfish

Date: 6th–7th century
Type: Ornament
Medium: Gilded copper, shell
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Culture: Moche
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 1981.459.12
Credit: Gift of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1981

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techniqueGilding mediumCopper typeOrnament cultureMoche era7th century subjectCrayfish

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