Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity

Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity

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Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity
CultureSicán (Lambayeque)
Titles
  • Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity
Date800–1375 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumHammered, chased, and filigreed gold and turquoise inlay
Dimensions12 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 1 in. (31.4 × 11.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1072
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
211M Jones Galleries
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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston [Glassell Album #5, slide dated "JUL 70"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1072

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