Panel

Museum number:
16-20478
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Alternate number:
57 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4620
Description:
Chimu panel. Repousséd tumbaga panel stitched to a fabric backing with 3 sets of string ties at each end. A 7 cm x 14.5 cm segment in the upper center of the panel is cut out forming silhouettes of two men holding an animal between them. The remainder of the upper half - to left and right of the center panel are decorated with a band of flying birds above a band of "S" shaped scrolls. The lower half of the panel is decorated with 2 registers; one of continuous wavy line with dots alternating up and down in the undulations. The bottom register contains 18 creatures that resemble bush babies.
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
Object type:
archaeology
Context of use:
decorative (?)
Department:
Ancient Peru
Dimensions:
length 56.5 centimeters and width 15.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Panel, accession number 16-20478, described as Chimu panel. Repousséd tumbaga panel stitched to a fabric backing with 3 sets of string ties at each end. A 7 cm x 14.5 cm segment in the upper center of the panel is cut out forming silhouettes of two men holding an animal between them. The remainder of the upper half - to left and right of the center panel are decorated with a band of flying birds above a band of "S" shaped scrolls. The lower half of the panel is decorated with 2 registers; one of continuous wavy line with dots alternating up and down in the undulations. The bottom register contains 18 creatures that resemble bush babies.

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