Corn figurine
- Museum number:
- 16-20431
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160020431
- Alternate number:
- 102 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4620
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Chimu style corn. Repoussed, brass ear at corn, formed in 2 pieces then joined. handle and end of shucks added. small worm applied to one surface. hollow.
- Donor:
- Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
- Collection place:
- Peru
- Verbatim coll. place:
- South America, Peru
- Culture or time period:
- Chimú culture (ca. 900-1470 AD)
- Collector:
- Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Figurines
- Context of use:
- decorative or ceremonial
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Dimensions:
- width 5.7 centimeters, height 21.5 centimeters, and length 5.5 centimeters
- Images:
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