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1884.119.575

Copper knife

1884.119.575

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper knife
Long description
Copper knife with transverse suboval blade and central shank of rectangular section bent over to form a loop. [LM 12/11/2007]
Geographical reference
Chile
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile
Arica y Parinacota Region Arica Province Arica unnamed grave site
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884
Date collected
?By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 44 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.119.575
Research and responses

Lord Cochrane accompanied Hutchinson in his expedition to the Pachacamac ruins see 'Explorations among the Ruins of Pachacamac. Peru' by John Schumacher Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York, Vol. 5, (1874), pp. 248-255 [AP 06/05/2010]

If the matching of this object to the green book entry is correct that this object came from the Hutchinson collection. For information about Hutchinson see the Collectors file [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Arica is in northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. It was originally a part of Peru but it was lost after a plebiscite arranged in the Treaty of Ancon in 1883 as part of the results of the war of the Pacific. It is therefore to be considered part of Chile not Peru. [AS 14/12/2010]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Knife

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