ETHAM 055232

figurine anthropomorphe

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055232
Anthropomorphic figurine cuchimilco
Peru, central coast
Chancay. 11th – 15th century
Ceramic
Acquired before 1968
MEG Inv. ETHAM 055232
This female figurine, usually decorated with shell bead necklaces and dressed in fine multicoloured textiles, accompanied the dead in their graves. The Peruvians now call them cuchimilco or china.

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Pre-Columbian South America

Pre-Columbian cultural history is just as spectacular in South America as it is in Mesoamerica. This region also developed agriculture independently and, from the fourth century, formed states, without writing, the wheel or a market economy. The objects on display mostly come from the Andean region, particularly from Peru, the centre of complex societies and the greatest cultural deployment in this continent.

Bibliograpy

  • SCHOEPF, Daniel. 1995. Autoportraits du Nouveau Monde: collection précolombienne. Aoste : Priuli & Verlucca / Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, MEG - ET AM 2368

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