Staff fragment

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
16-20405
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160020405
Alternate number:
107 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4620
Description:
Mochica staff fragment. Wood staff fragment (top) with 3 linear incised grooves, one groove containing 6 free moving beads. One end of staff carved to point. Other end broken.
Donor:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Collection place:
Moche valley, La Libertad Region, Northern Peru
Culture or time period:
Early Chimú (Moche Civilization) (ca. 100 BC–700 AD)
Collector:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 52.3 centimeters and width 3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Staff fragment, accession number 16-20405, described as Mochica staff fragment. Wood staff fragment (top) with 3 linear incised grooves, one groove containing 6 free moving beads. One end of staff carved to point. Other end broken.

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