Tumi (Ceremonial Knife) with Deity

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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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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS & REGALIA

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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