Crescent

Title	Crescent
Date	6th–7th century 6th century
Medium	Gilded copper
Classification	Metal-Ornaments
Origin	Moche Moche
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1981
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

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