Panel
- Museum number:
- 16-20478
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160020478
- 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: