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Collections

Tumi-shaped box or tray with carved human figures800–1200 CE

Not on view
Carved wooden vessel with saddle-shaped form, featuring stacked human faces with green-inlaid eyes in high relief on one end and stylized zoomorphic carvings along the side

Unknown, Tumi-shaped box or tray with carved human figures, 800–1200 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, Photograph © Justin Kerr

Title
Tumi-shaped box or tray with carved human figures
Culture
Wari
Place Made
Peru, Central Peru
Date Made
800–1200 CE
Medium
Wood and shell inlay
Dimensions
Diameter: 6 1/5 in. (15.748 cm); 2 x 4 x 6 3/10 in. (5.08 x 10.16 x 16.002 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2010.115.104
Classification
Wood
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas