CultureChimú
Titles
- Pin (Tupu) with Bird and Snake
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSilver
Dimensions8 5/8 × 1 1/16 × 1 1/8 in. (21.9 × 2.7 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by an anonymous donor in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., at "One Great Night in November, 1987"
Object number87.268
Non exposé
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "More Precious Than Gold: Silver from Ancient Peru," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from November 3, 2000 to April 22, 2001 (LN:2000.13).
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1910–1925
Wood, paint, cotton and wool cloth, felt, satin ribbon, leather, rawhide, paper, yucca strips, evergreen twigs, and string
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