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Object Number
974-10-30/8904
Display Title
Polychromed wood & gesso figure of standing male, wearing tunic with decorative
Descriptions
Object Description
Polychromed wood & gesso figure of standing male, wearing tunic with decorative border & cloak. Sun medallion at chest, "lion" medallions probably once on shoulders (cf. other figures) and are now missing. Glass eyes. Bearded. In capital letters on base, the following inscription: "I. Manc-c-CCapac" evidently refering to a member of the Inca nobility.
Inventory Description
Wooden human male figurine, on pedestal base, painted, missing part of knee.
Classification
- Figurine
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1600-1800
Culture
- Inca
- Colonial Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 33.3 × 12.5 × 9.7 cm, 1.4449 lb. (13 1/8 × 4 15/16 × 3 13/16 in., 655.4 g)
Quantity
1
Label on object
974-10-30/8904
Provenance
Previous owner
Previously owned by
Josephine Smith Gould
Collector
Capt. Eliphalet Smith, Jr.
(ca.1816)
Donor
Morton Safford
(1974)
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