Pair of spoons & Pair of figures

Inca

British Museum

900 - 1520

1) Pair of cloak pins in the form of gold spoons of the Inca period. 2) Pair of figures, made from an amalgam of silver and mercury, representing two miners carrying loads of ore.

• Medium: gold & silver
• Dimensions: 1) length: 15cm; 2) height: 14cm
• ArtFunded in: 1928
• Presented by Henry Van den Bergh through The Art Fund

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