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Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalConopa, sacrificial vessel for llama fat
Conopas, sacrificial vessels for llama fat, were probably used for sacrificial altars or were added to sacrificial deposits, so-called "ofrendas". Such small offerings were often buried individually at sacred places. Llamas played an important role in religion. For example, there is a constellation known as the Llama and it was an important sacrificial animal in rituals for asking for rain. Llamas are very well adapted to the Andean vegetation. These pad-footed animals move very gently on the plant growth. They have a split upper lip, which allows them to only pick the grass when feeding instead of pulling it out by the root. They were of enormous importance as transport animals.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Inka-Kultur
- Object type
- Ritual object
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 cm
Length: 10 cm - Material/Technique
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Stone
Polished, scribed, ground
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- M 30128
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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15th - 16th 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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1964
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- Provenance
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This object
does not have a confirmed provenance.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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