carved wooden Chimu style figure. Static with large head, high shoulders, short kilt and stumpy legs over blocky feet. hands meet at center chest and are holding a small, unidentified object. carved features.
Donor:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America, Peru, Chimu
Culture or time period:
Chimú culture (ca. 900-1470 AD)
Collector:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Context of use:
decorative
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters, length 4 centimeters, and width 3.8 centimeters