Moche Gilded Copper Alloy Disc Ornament lozipeople stretches west and south of

stretches west and south of Lake Victoria between the Mwanza Gulf and the Serengeti Plain

and liminal power—an authentic ritual object of profound cultural and spiritual significance

and conduits of divine force

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Following Alexander the Great’s conquests

Moche Gilded Copper Alloy Disc Ornament lozipeople stretches west and south ofPre Columbian Era, Moche Culture, Moche Phase IIIV, c. 200600 AD, Northern Peru An exceptional and rare gilded copper disc applique, possibly representing the Sun, a powerful symbol in Moche cosmology. The ornament features a small suspension hole, suggesting it was once attached to a ceremonial object or garment. The precise function of such discs remains uncertain, but scholars speculate they may have served as ritual adornments for symbolic