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Pottery, showing a high-ranking individual being carried in a litter

High-ranking individuals were always carried in ancient Peru. They never set foot on the ground in the presence of their subjects. The Sapa Inca, the ruler of the Inca Empire, was carried by four men from the high nobility of the Incas. Even on long journeys the Inca did not walk.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Chancay-Kultur
Object type
Ritual object
Dimensions
Höhe: 12 cm, Länge: 17 cm, Breite: 10 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
painted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
M 30185

Provenance and sources

when
11th - 15th century AD.

where
Peru

when
1965
Provenance
This object does not have a confirmed provenance.

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