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Needle

The Museum 5 Kontinente in Munich owns a very similar garment pin from the Norbert Mayrock collection, the upper part of which, according to Schindler, depicts two stylised fish with a common head and which could be attributed to the Chimú culture. culture. Similar motifs on garment pins can also be attributed to the Inca period (see e.g. Metropolitan Museum no. 1987.394.556).

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Chimú (möglich)
Object type
fibulae
Dimensions
4 x 240 x 30 mm
Material/Technique
Silver alloy
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 32014
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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