Museums in Genoa
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Tupu, XII - II sec. b.C (Ancón)
Metalli (argento?)
Tupu (coat pin) with leaf-shaped head
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Unfinished braid
Vegetable fiber and camelid fiber. Coronation (twining), double-face
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Ball of yarn
Esso Standard s.d. donazione
Ancón
Ball of yarn
ball
XII-II b.C.
Unità di misura: cm; Larghezza: 3.5; Lunghezza: 5.5; Spessore: 3
Perù
cotone naturale
L'America indigena nelle collezioni del Civico Istituto Colombiano di Genova. - Genova, Palazzo Doria - Marzo 1990
Ball of undyed natural cotton, single ply z-twisted. Remarkable is the presence of brown hair twisted around the ball and also a small fragment of camelid fiber yarn.
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Ball, 1250 - 200 B.C. (Ancón)
Cotton, hair fragments, wood stick fragments
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Skein , 1250 - 200 B.C. (Ancon)
Cotton, unidentified fibre (vegetable fibre), hair fragments
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Figurine in the shape of armadillo XV-XVI sec. A.D (Inca)
Unità di misura: cm
Altezza: 3
Larghezza: 5
Lunghezza: 13
Perù
Carved and engraved stone
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Arybalo, XV-XVI sec. A.D. (Chimù-Inca)
Moulded terracotta
Arybalo with engraved geometric decoration (pointed bottom jar, with high neck and flared, equipped with two small lateral handles and small application bilobed)
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Pumpkin-shaped vase XV-XVI sec. A.D. (Chimù-Inca)
Unità di misura: cm
Altezza: 23.5
Diametro: 13.5
Perù
Moulded terracotta
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Amphora cephalomorph, XV-XVI sec. A.D (Chimù-Inca)
Moulded terracotta
Amphora cephalomorph with a face with eyes, nose and ears in relief, hair with engraved braids, headdress with engraved geometric decoration
