The offering, here in the form of a stone corn cob, was called a canopa by the Inca. called canopa by the Incas. They were buried at the foot of sanctuaries (huacas) in order to to compensate for the maize harvest or the removal of the maize (Kurella and de Castro). Two comparable objects from the Inca culture can be found in the Ethnological Museum, which come from Ica and were collected by Gretzer (SMB, inv. no. V A 44989 and V A 44990).