Club
Blade
44-6-1
From: Peru | Department of Ancash | Pomabamba
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 44-6-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Peru | Department of Ancash | Pomabamba |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Porphyry |
Description | Porphyry, polished. Semicircular blade, slightly contracting to flat back (thin lenticular section) with three parallel oval perforations pecked from both faces. These openings served to lash the blade to its haft. |
Length | 9.5 cm |
Width | 7.5 cm |
Thickness | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Rafael Haya de la Torre, 1944 |
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