Tumi

Museum number:
TEMP 2018.358.1
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2xtemp+2018@2e358@2e1
Alternate number:
42a,b (original number, donor number)
Accession number:
Acc.4620
Description:
tumi; bird/toucan on the handle two round balls, dangling from either side of the handle
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:
toucan tumi (42a)— width 4.82 inches, jaguar tumi (42b)— width 1.5 inches, toucan tumi (42a)— height 7.25 inches, jaguar tumi (42b)— height 7 inches, toucan tumi (42a)— length 4 inches, and jaguar tumi (42b)— length 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.358.1, described as tumi; bird/toucan on the handle two round balls, dangling from either side of the handleHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.358.1, described as tumi; bird/toucan on the handle two round balls, dangling from either side of the handleHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tumi, accession number TEMP 2018.358.1, described as tumi; bird/toucan on the handle two round balls, dangling from either side of the handle

Tools