• Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    It is impressively crafted. So fine and symmetrical !

    Was wondering where on the nose would you put that thing. The answer :

    Throughout the Moche world, high-status individuals would wear crescent, oval, or square-shaped ornaments of precious metals suspended from the nasal septum, effectively obscuring the mouth of the wearer (Castillo 2017).