Cuttlefish eyes

Artist: CHILE

Date: ca. 1000-1530

Medium: Cuttlefish eyes

Dimensions:

2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Classification: Materials

Credit Line: Gift of Henry Schnakenberg

Object number: 1950.43.20

DescriptionAbout 6 "eyes" (2 are fragments) date is based on Arica provenence which is on the very far South coast which I don't think was settled and/or prosperous enough to use mummification before the dates suggested, perhaps not before Inca empire (from c. 1450)

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