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1919.59.63

Copper object with perforation

1919.59.63

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Collection type
Object
Description
Copper object with perforation
Long description
Flat bell-shaped piece of copper with a perforation at the narrow end, where it appears to have broken off a larger object. This item, described in the Accession Book as 'like a miniature adze-hammer', resembles one end of 1919.59.60 and may be part of a similar object. [LM 23/10/2007]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Lima Region Ancon Necropolis of Ancon unnamed site of grave
Date
Date collected
By 1919
Acquisition information
Donated: 1919
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1919.59.63
Associated publications
Published and illustrated in E.F. Mayer 1998. Vorspanische Metallwaffen und -werkzeuge in Peru/ Armas y herramientas de metal prehispanicas en Peru No 2510 Pl. 174, p 180. [LM 05/11/2007]

Search terms: Tool, Death, Religion, Grave Good, Adze, Hammer

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