Lightboxes
Cart
alb3632658

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi). Culture: Lambayeque (Sicán). Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 × W. 6 1/4 × D. 1 5/8 in. (36.2 × 15.9 × 4.1 cm). Date: A.D. 900-1100. Around A.D. 1000, high-status tombs were constructed at Batán Grande, a site now called the Sicán Archaeological Precinct, where a single burial could include as many as five masks: one attached to the head and the others stacked at the feet. The shape of the eyes is characteristic of the Sicán deity, also shown atop the ceremonial knife (tumi). Alrededor del año 1000 d. C. se construyeron tumbas para personajes de alto rango en Batán Grande, un sitio hoy llamado Complejo Arqueológico de Sicán. Allí eran sepultados, junto con diversos objetos de gran valor, los nobles de la sociedad Lambayeque, en monumentales plataformas de adobe. La forma de los ojos es característica de la deidad de Sicán, también representada en la parte superior del cuchillo ceremonial (tumi).
Share
pinterestPinterest
twitterTwitter
facebookFacebook
emailEmail

Add to another lightbox

Add to another lightbox
add to lightbox print share
Do you already have an account? Sign in
You do not have an account? Register
Buy this image. Select the use:
Loading...
Title:
Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
Caption:
Ceremonial Knife (Tumi). Culture: Lambayeque (Sicán). Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 × W. 6 1/4 × D. 1 5/8 in. (36.2 × 15.9 × 4.1 cm). Date: A.D. 900-1100. Around A.D. 1000, high-status tombs were constructed at Batán Grande, a site now called the Sicán Archaeological Precinct, where a single burial could include as many as five masks: one attached to the head and the others stacked at the feet. The shape of the eyes is characteristic of the Sicán deity, also shown atop the ceremonial knife (tumi). Alrededor del año 1000 d. C. se construyeron tumbas para personajes de alto rango en Batán Grande, un sitio hoy llamado Complejo Arqueológico de Sicán. Allí eran sepultados, junto con diversos objetos de gran valor, los nobles de la sociedad Lambayeque, en monumentales plataformas de adobe. La forma de los ojos es característica de la deidad de Sicán, también representada en la parte superior del cuchillo ceremonial (tumi).
Technique/material:
Gold, silver, turquoise
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
Rights questions?
Image size:
3167 x 4226 px | 38.3 MB
Print size:
26.8 x 35.8 cm | 10.6 x 14.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: