Nathan Benn Photographs

Nathan Benn Photographs Moche Peru Images <![CDATA[Photograph of a large five inch Moche (Mochica) hammered gold and silver metalwork nosepiece with decoration of land snails that would have hung from the pierced septum of the nose as body adornment]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) hammered gold metalwork nosepiece with decoration of the anti-coagulant ulluchu that prevented coagulation of blood in the mystic ritual where the Moche warrior priest drinks a goblet of blood from a human sacrifice]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) hammered gold and copper alloy metalwork decoration of a decapitator god]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a dazzling display of Moche (Mochica) nosepieces of hammered gold and silver. Nosepieces were hung from the septum of the nose as body decoration. This display includes pieces decorated with naturalistic birds, snails, crayfish, iguana, ulluchu, spiders, masks, and a decapitator god. ]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) electrochemical gilded copper arthropod arachnid decorations including spiders and scorpions]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) electrochemical gilded copper and silver metalwork hand mirror with bird decoration]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) gold metalwork earspools with shell and turquoise inlay depicting a mystic running figure who is part man and part bird]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) gold metalwork earspools with shell and turquoise inlay depicting lizard like reptiles]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) gold metalwork earspools with shell and turquoise inlay depicting a high rank, powerful figure such as a priest holding a club and perhaps a slingshot]]> <![CDATA[Photograph of a Moche (Mochica) hammered gold and alloy metalwork nosepieces that would have hung from the pierced septum of the nose as body adornment]]>