Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Tumi Knife-Shaped Ornament
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
DimensionsHeight: 2 1/2 inches
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1250
Non exposé

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Provenance(Lot #87 in Sotheby Parke Bernet's Fine Pre-Columbian Art and Colonial Paintings of Latin America, May 12, 1979 (Sale 4246));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1979 [Glassell Album #9, documents reorganization of display at home on November 1979];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1250

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Gold
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Gold
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Gold
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100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2001.1280
Sword
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Iron
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Ornament with Deity Effigy
100 BC–300 AD
Gold
2001.1307
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500–1550 AD
Gold
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Lime Container
200–1600 AD
Gold
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Standing Male Shaman Pendant
200 BC–200 AD
Gold
2001.838
Disk
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2001.1232
Sword
1935–1945
Iron, gold leaf and wood
97.1383