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Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 11-236, described as Flat edge blade of pearl.

Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 11-237, described as Flat edge blade of pearl.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet box, accession number 9-21869a,b, described as Amulet box(a) and lid(b), of the type worn by an affluent woman. In it she would put sacred objects such as relics of a venerated Lama (a picture or photograph, a piece of his robe, for example), sacred medicines, a small image of Buddha, mantras written on rolls of paper, and folded and thread-crossed mandalas drawn in ink on paper (such as 9-21872 and 9-21878). The amulet box is worn around the neck in the center of the chest.

Hearst Museum object titled Animal figure, accession number 16-20448, described as Peruvian animal figure. Carved wooden figure with features of both birds and reptiles. Flattened, broad, triangular head has two mother of pearl inlaid eyes atop the head and a broad mouth with prominent teeth. body features vestigial wing-like structures and a prominent spine. a broad, bird-like tail, spread as wide as the head is decorated with a band of geometric (triangles) figures and parallel line approximately ¼ inch apart. Figure is recumbent with a rectangular stand as base.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-616, described as Blade of pearl shell.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-617, described as Blade of pearl shell.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-614, described as Blade of pearl shell.

Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 11-615, described as Blade of pearl shell.

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