drinking glasses
Ritual vase
The art of metallurgy emerged in the central Andes around 1500 BC and reached its peak with the Sicán culture (AD 700-1675), when the arsenical copper technique had been mastered. . The expertise spread from this zone towards the northern Andes. Of particular note was the use of tumbaga, an alloy of gold and/or silver and copper that made pieces durable and malleable. Regarding precious metalworki…
Creator
- chimú
Type of item
- drinking glasses
Medium
- gold (metal)
- Gold
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Museu de Cultures del Món
Creation date
- 1450 - 1535/1572
Places
- Ecuador
Identifier
- MCM 1 32
- http://hdl.handle.net/10970/objects/H603332
Extent
- 11,5 cm
- 11,5 x 10,8 cm
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-06-15T16:28:45.037Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-04-13T14:59:19.909Z