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.
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:
Metal, Paint (coating), Silver (metal), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Context of use:
ceremonial or decorative
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters, height 30.5 centimeters, and length 8.7 centimeters