Figure on a litter

Museum number:
16-20453
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Alternate number:
112 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4620
Description:
Peruvian figure on a litter. Carved wooden figure sitting on a litter with a high back rest. Base is trapezoid in shape with 3-tiered levels of two which are decorated with triangular patterns. Figure is sitting or squatting at center; has inlaid green stone eyes. Back rest is rectangular with top edge concave. Entire back rest is bordered with small, round, shell beads inlaid in the wood.
Donor:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America, Peru
Collector:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Materials:
Shell (animal material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
height 11.7 centimeters, length 16.5 centimeters, and width 7.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure on a litter, accession number 16-20453, described as Peruvian figure on a litter. Carved wooden figure sitting on a litter with a high back rest. Base is trapezoid in shape with 3-tiered levels of two which are decorated with triangular patterns. Figure is sitting or squatting at center; has inlaid green stone eyes. Back rest is rectangular with top edge concave. Entire back rest is bordered with small, round, shell beads inlaid in the wood.

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