Rights management: Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalShin guards
The shin guards were probably part of an Inca soldier's armour. Some researchers attribute these shin guards to earlier cultures such as Huari. As none of them have been derived from confirmed archaeological findings to date, the cultural classification is not clear. The armour of a soldier in Ancient Peru had to be light, as the fighters had to cover long distances on foot. There were no mounts and no draught animals that could have pulled transport wagons.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Huari-Kultur
- Object type
- Schutzkleidung
- Dimensions
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Length: 28 cm
Width: 12 cm - Material/Technique
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Reed, Camelids
, Camelid skin, Cotton fabric
wrapped
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- M 31079 a+b
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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1981
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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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