Turtle figurine
- Museum number:
- 16-20440
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160020440
- Alternate number:
- 104 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4620
- Description:
- Chimu style turtle constructed of shell metal. back of shell has motif of snake preparing to swallow a toad. inlays of red stone around shell.
- Donor:
- Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
- Collection place:
- Peru
- Verbatim coll. place:
- South America, Peru
- Culture or time period:
- Chimú culture (ca. 900-1470 AD)
- Collector:
- Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
- Materials:
- Metal and Silver (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Figurines and Turtles
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Dimensions:
- length 16 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
- Images:
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