Female post figure
Female post figure

Currently not on view

Female post figure,

900–1350

Chimú
Late Intermediate Period
2019-232

Information

Title
Female post figure
Dates

900–1350

Medium
Algarrobo wood (prosopis sp.) with traces of red paint
Dimensions
47.6 × 12.1 × 10.8 cm (18 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Gillett G. Griffin Art of the Ancient Americas Fund
Object Number
2019-232
Place Made

South America, Peru, North Coast

Culture
Chimú
Period
Late Intermediate period
Type
funerary objects
Materials
paint, wood
Subject
figures (representations), women

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