. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. AN ANDEAN MEDAL. BY SAMUEL GARMAN. The piece of silver here described and sketched was obtained by a friend of the writer in the interior of Pern, from a native who claimed to have taken it, in the neigh- borhood of Cuzco, from the mouth of a mummy. Its peculiar design and the workmanship make it an object of curiosity to those interested in what pertains to the early Peruvians. This notice is given it in hope that it may prove of some account, in connection with other ornamen- tation, in researches concerning the
. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Essex Institute; Natural history; genealogy. AN ANDEAN MEDAL. BY SAMUEL GARMAN. The piece of silver here described and sketched was obtained by a friend of the writer in the interior of Pern, from a native who claimed to have taken it, in the neigh- borhood of Cuzco, from the mouth of a mummy. Its peculiar design and the workmanship make it an object of curiosity to those interested in what pertains to the early Peruvians. This notice is given it in hope that it may prove of some account, in connection with other ornamen- tation, in researches concerning the metal workers of the lands of the Incas. My friend saw no reason to doubt the story of the man from whom he got it. For myself, I can only vouch for my friend, the description, and the sketches. The latter were made by pressing the disk against damp paper on which the points in relief were afterward traced in ink. The medal is a nearly round silver disk an inch and one sixteenth in diameter and not far from one twenty-fifth of ESSEX INST. BULLETIN, VOL. XX 4* (57). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Essex Institute. 1n. Salem, Mass. , Essex Institute
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