Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Bertram Tamblyn Lee (1881-1937, an American engineer and historian living in Peru) and possibly collected by him between 1906 and 1920; donated to MAI by Bertram T. Lee in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Wari (Huari) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Bertram Tamblyn Lee (Bartram T. Lee), Non-Indian, 1881-1937
- Previous owner
- Bertram Tamblyn Lee (Bartram T. Lee), Non-Indian, 1881-1937
- Donor
- Bertram Tamblyn Lee (Bartram T. Lee), Non-Indian, 1881-1937
- Date created
- AD 600–1000 (Middle Horizon period)
- Object Name
- Ornament with human design
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, gold
- Techniques
- Carved, hammered, repoussé
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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