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Object Number 42-28-30/4400
Display Title Rattle of thin sheet metal
Descriptions
Object Description 2 round copper beads - perforations on back: Rattle (?) of thin sheet metal. Made by soldering together a disc and cup at their peripheries. The disc is pierced with six holes at intervals about its periphery. Dark greenish corrosion product.
Inventory Description Copper ornaments, hemispherical, flat surface with 6 perforations, 1 dented.
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Chimu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 0.8 cm (1 1/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 42-28-30/4400 366 365
Provenance
Collector Antonio Orlandini
Donor Hon. Robert Woods Bliss (8/4/1942)

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