More bling for #SaveASpiderDay: gold #spiders for your face!

Spiders can be found in #Andean #iconography going back at least 2500 years as symbols of warfare, ritual sacrifice, & agricultural fertility.

1 Nose ornament, 6th-7th c. CE, Peru, #Moche; gold, silver, shell
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313405

2 Earflare frontal, 6th-7th c. CE, Peru, Moche; gold, silver
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312506

3 Nose ornament, #Peru, #Salinar culture, 100 BCE-200 CE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313364

Met collection.

#PleaseNoSquish🕷️