Chimù culture
Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

South America, Peru, north coast, Lambayeque valley
1100/1450
Cast, hammered, and repoussé gold with turquoise inlay
h. 34.4 cm
The Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment, 1963.841

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