Snuff Tablet
35636
From: Bolivia | Quiripuju
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 35636 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tiahuanaco |
Provenience | Bolivia | Quiripuju |
Culture Area | Andean |
Date Made | 600-1000 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Stone | Copper |
Technique | Inscribed | Inlaid |
Iconography | Snuff | Sun | Pyramid | Akapana Pyramid? | Corn |
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. |
Length | 12.07 cm |
Width | 6.35 cm |
Credit Line | William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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