Year of Object(s) Creation: 400 B.C.E. (approximate)
Estimated Value ($USD): 40,000
Object Type(s): Ear ornament, Jewelry, Necklace
Object Material(s): gemstones, gold, metal, turquoise
Provenience Nation: Peru
Provenience Location: Sipán Region (Peru)
Year Removed from Findspot: 1987 (approx)

Provenance
Start Year: 1996
End Year:
Circumstance of Acquisition: Brüning Museum/Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán
Nation: Peru
Location: Lambayeque, Peru
Start Year: 1994
End Year: 1996
Circumstance of Acquisition: Bought at auction
Nation: United States
Location: David Bernstein (art dealer in NY)
Start Year: 1994
End Year: 1994
Circumstance of Acquisition: Bought from various owners
Nation: United States
Location: Sotheby's
Start Year: 1990 (approx)
End Year: 1994 (approx)
Circumstance of Acquisition: acquired from dealer
Nation: United States
Location: Various private owners
Start Year: 1987 (approx)
End Year: 1990 (approx)
Circumstance of Acquisition: looted from Sipán archaeological site
Nation: Peru
Location: Sipán (possibly in possession of Raúl Apesteguía)

Peruvian Jewelry From Moche Civilization Of Sipán


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Case Status: Some objects relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1994
Year Claim Resolved: 1996
Means of Resolution: Litigation

Complainant Name: Government of Peru
Complainant Nation: Peru
Complainant Nation Economy: Developing
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Sotheby's, David Bernstein
Respondent Nation: United States
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
Jewelry from the Moche civilization of the Sipán region in Peru dating from approx 700–100 BCE. Includes: Gold Head Bead and Gold and Turquoise Necklace (both 700–400 BCE), and Gold and Turquoise Effigy Ear Ornament,Turquoise and Gold Necklace, and Gold Ornament (all 300–100 BCE). Editor: Eliza Rodi.