Tumi

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
TEMP 2018.355
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
32 (original number, donor number)
Accession number:
Acc.4620
Description:
Chimu tumi contains a llama head at the top of the handle; bronze
Donor:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Collection place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Chimú culture (ca. 900-1470 AD)
Object type:
ethnography
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
tumis— height 5.31 inches and tumis— length 6.06 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.355, described as Chimu tumi contains a llama head at the top of the handle; bronzeHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.355, described as Chimu tumi contains a llama head at the top of the handle; bronzeHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.355, described as Chimu tumi contains a llama head at the top of the handle; bronzeHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.355, described as Chimu tumi contains a llama head at the top of the handle; bronze

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