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
Exposé
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1072
Published References Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976), p. 284, fig. 649
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Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Hammered and chased gold
2001.1065
Unknown Central and South American
800–1375 AD
Gold with turquoise inlay
2010.1118
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Hammered and cut gold
2001.1057
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Hammered and cut gold with red pigment
2001.1056
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Hammered, cut, and chased gold
2001.1062.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Silver, gold gilt, turquoise, and shell
2001.1185
Unknown Central and South American
1000–1470 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.959
