The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
Figure

The small, female figurine belongs to the figurine group "Subgroup 1.2." of the Central Coast of Peru, which is dated to the Late Horizon and has no Incaic stylistic features (Morgan). The massive figurine is smooth on the back, with two There are two holes at chest height. It was found in the basket RJM 32015 together with the As a photo in the Landesmuseum Hannover shows, Wilhelm Gretzer was in the archaeological zone of El Para. archaeological zone of El Paraíso - Chuquitanta, today's district of San Martín de Porres, Lima - Peru (photo 5_1_256). A similar figurine from the Baessler Collection from Chuquitanta is in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (inv. no. V A 19007).

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Object type
figures (representations)
Dimensions
55 x 20 x 12 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32057
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17

Provenance and sources

when
1470-1534
Period/Style
Late horizon
where
Peru
America -> South America -> Peru -> Coast (middle) -> Lima (Region) -> Lima (City) -> Chuquitanta (City)

when
1907
who
Julius van der Zypen (1842 - 1907) - Funders

This content was machine-translated
2.1.1 / 7.1