Gold Plaque (500-200 BCE)
Hammered between 500 and 200 BCE, this gold plaque from Peru’s ChavÃn culture shapes a fanged deity with sixteen serpents along the edges.
Chavin Culture
The ChavÃn Culture (900–200 BCE) thrived in Peru’s Andes, known for its ChavÃn de Huántar temple and distinctive art featuring jaguars and serpents.