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unknown Chancay
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Figurine

ca. 1000 - ca. 1500
Clay

6 1/4 x 4 9/16 x 2 in. (15.9 x 11.6 x 5.1 cm)

Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number: 69.1.503
Other Number(s): D447 (Canaday No.)
Acquisition Date: Shipped to Bryn Mawr College January 17, 1963
Geography: South America, Peru
Culture/Nationality: Chancay
Collection: Ward M. Canaday Collection
Description: Among the most common types Chancay ceramics are anthropomorphic figures known as "cuchimilcos." Often existing in pairs—one male and one female—they stand with arms outstretched. The holes at the top of the head in some examples suggest that they might originally have been adorned with feathers or other materials. Their posture, along with the fact that many were found in tombs, has led to the hypothesis that they were tomb offerings, interred with the deceased perhaps to keep evil spirits away.

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