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1886.2.58.6

A ceramic figure from a necklace found around the neck of Mummy I. See [1886.2.58 .2 - .5] for 4 nuts, [1886.2.58 .7 - .12] for 6 other figures and [1886.2.58 .13 for a ceramic bead.

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1886.2.58.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
A ceramic figure from a necklace found around the neck of Mummy I. See [1886.2.58 .2 - .5] for 4 nuts, [1886.2.58 .7 - .12] for 6 other figures and [1886.2.58 .13 for a ceramic bead.
Long description
A ceramic figure from a necklace found around the neck of Mummy I. See [1886.2.58 .2 - .5] for 4 nuts, [1886.2.58 .7 - .12] for 6 other figures and [1886.2.58 .13 for a ceramic bead. The earthenware figure is strung together with the other figures and the bead. It is dark brown in colour with incised features infilled with white pigment. [JMC 26/11/2019]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Lima Region Ancon Necropolis of Ancon Mummy I
Date
Date collected
Before 1882
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Plant Nut, Material Pigment
Dimensions
Depth: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.2.58.6
Research and responses

For further information about Commander W.A.D. Acland see Biographies file. He served in Peru in the early 1880s and may have collected these objects at that time [AP 1/9/99]

1886.2.58 .1 appears to refer to the necklace as a whole, so is not unlocated. [Dan Hicks 13/09/2012]

Associated publications
Note in the 'Oxford University Gazette' vol.XIII no.436, 28 November 1882: 'Donation to the University Museum. The Delegates of the Museum announce that four Peruvian Mummies, from Angon near Lima, presented by Commander W. Acland, R.N., have been opened and examined; and that a series of objects of ethnological interest obtained from them are now on view in the University Museum. These objects comprise children's toys, grotesque ornaments, articles of food, and specimens of coloured fabrics, with patterns and figures of animals, characteristic of Peruvian art.' (FL 6-2-06)

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