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Ancestor figure with turban-like headgear
This small turquoise figurine was most likely part of a larger offering consisting of many such figurines in combination with spondylus shells or other objects. An example of such an offering by the Huari can be admired in the Museo de América in Madrid. A total of three such sacrificial deposits were found, all in Piccillacta, a Huari site in the highlands of Peru, near the later Inca capital Cusco. Two of them contained 57 of these figurines. Each is dressed differently, some may be female representations, but that is not clearly identifiable. There are different interpretations of what these figurines could represent. By now, the most common seems to be that these are the mythical ancestors, the founders of the Huari empire.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Huari-Kultur
- Object type
- Figur
- Dimensions
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Height: 6 cm
Length: 3 cm
Width: 3.5 cm - Material/Technique
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Turquoise
ground
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 119081
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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7th - 11th century AD.
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Peru
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Change of physical control
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when
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1954
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- Provenance
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There is no confirmed provenance for this object.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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