Plaque

About this object

History of use

Holes suggest it was attached to a backing or suspended.

Narrative

Vicus style, Early Intermediate Period; 300 B.C.E.-600 C.E.

Iconographic meaning

Four interlocking serpents

Physical description

Cut-out, repousse, gilded square metal plaque with eight equidistant holes at edges. Same motif repeated on both halves: two heads, one up and one down, with plumes and one paw surrounded by bands with zig-zagged edges and rows of repousse dots at centre of bands.