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Object Number 2004.29.9597
Display Title Slate tablets etched with designs found on garment of a mummy
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Four of these slate tablets were found fastened to a garment taken from a mummy, Valley of Santa, near Chimbote, Peru. These two are in collection of Madam Tweddle, Plainfield, N.J. "The others were taken by a German who went shares(?) on the find" Borrowed of Mr. H. Teddle for study on photographing, July 24, 1898. / The tablets are of a light grey slate, lines well cut & filled with a dark pigment. Blue stones set in eyes of men on upper tablet (lost in lower) / F.W. Putnam
Department Photographic
Date 1898
Culture
  • Peruvian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms Valley of Santa; near Chimbote
Dimensions Overall: 21.2725 × 16.51 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

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Slate tablets etched with designs found on garment of a mummy
2004.29.9598 Slate tablets etched with designs found on garment of a mummy
Peru
Two tablets with drawings
2004.29.9600 Two tablets with drawings
Chimbote
Image Not Available for Slate tablets with pigment
26-7-10/95515 Slate tablets with pigment
Ground Stone
Doolittle Ranch
Slate tablets
28-3-10/96928 Slate tablets
Raw Material
Ground Stone
Lone Mountain
Stone tablets
25-11-10/95047 Stone tablets
Ground Stone
Raw Material
Swarts Ranch
Stone tablets
25-11-10/95048 Stone tablets
Ground Stone
Swarts Ranch
Image Not Available for Cast carved tablets.
10-47-10/80148 Cast carved tablets.
Ohio?
Stone tablets
25-11-10/95040 Stone tablets
Ground Stone
Swarts Ranch
Fragments of stone tablets
25-11-10/95050 Fragments of stone tablets
Ground Stone
Swarts Ranch
Parts of 2 stone tablets
26-7-10/95645 Parts of 2 stone tablets
Ground Stone
Swarts Ranch
Stone tablets
26-7-10/95646 Stone tablets
Ground Stone
Swarts Ranch
Image Not Available for Core trimming flakes: 2 core tablets, 2 plunging flakes, 5 corner platform type,
53-48-40/7082 Core trimming flakes: 2 core tablets, 2 plunging flakes, 5 corner platform type,
Primary Flake
Abri Pataud