Snuff Tablet
| Object Number: | 35636 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tiahuanaco |
| Provenience: | Bolivia Quiripuju |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Date Made: | 600-1000 CE |
| Early Date: | 600 |
| Late Date: | 1000 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Stone Copper |
| Technique: | Inscribed Inlaid |
| Iconography: | Snuff Sun Pyramid Akapana Pyramid? Corn |
| Length: | 12.07 cm |
| Width: | 6.35 cm |
| Credit Line: | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
Description
Black stone snuff tablet. Inlaid copper eyes. Inscribed sun figure, pyramid (maybe Akapana Pyramid, Tiahuanaco, Bolivia?), corn, earth with growing crops (Pachamama - Earth Mother). Sun figure clashes with other designs. Possibly added later.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| South American Gallery (1955 - 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 191 Third row, right | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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