Object name: Cup / Culture or time period: Peruvian sequence / Materials: Metal - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 4-5254, described as Gold beaker; human face, aquiline nose, nose and chin in high relief, hairnet embossed on back. Old Ica. 19 cm high. (See also Rowe, 1974, pl. LIII left, color).

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 4-5255, described as Cup of gold embossed with 3 rows of 10 step-figures; diameters 3-1/4 and 4 inches, height 4-3/4 inches; Weight 6 ounces