Object Number | 60-4-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chimu |
Provenience | Peru | Lambayeque | Illimo |
Culture Area | Andean |
Locus | Tomb |
Section | American |
Materials | Jadeite | Gold |
Technique | Inlaid |
Description | Gold with turquoise inlay. Flat base, straight sides flaring slightly to rim; cup is set into a base 4 cm high, also flat-bottomed and straight-sided. Decoration: band of fret in relief below rim (actually background is depressed rather than pattern raised); three bands of depressions (circular, rectangular, irregular) on sides of cup and two bands (mostly circular) on sides of base, each with turquoise inlay (21 present, 18missing); most of the inlays are drilled in at least one place; beading around each depression (a few beads missing). Turtle in relief on inside bottom of cup proper. On outside base, diamond-shaped motif each side slightly curved with scroll ends; each scroll and center of motif pierced. |
Height | 16.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mirko Sors, 1960 |
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