Object class: Cups (drinking vessels) / Donor: Evelyn Beynon / Materials: Metal - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Cups (drinking vessels) Donor Evelyn Beynon Materials Metal

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 16-20451a,b, described as Chimu style cup. Carved wooden anthropoid cup stand (a) with metal (possibly silver) "cup" portion (b). cup stand is carved with a kneeling figure holding a blade and shield on a round plinth and semi-conical base. figure's face is painted red with large round ears with applied ear spools, a round wide headdress supports a metal cup decorated with repoussé band at top and bottom. base, shield, headdress and ear spools are all decorated with round or rectangular, metal, applied metal pieces, repousséd with decorative symbols.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 16-20449, described as Chimu style cup. Carved wooden cylindrical with a carved face and prone male figure. white painted eyes. Mother of pearl inlays. Figure topped with flared cylindrical crown with embossed face profiles.