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Blackware Jar with Single Spout
Chimú North coast, Peru
Jar with Relief of Standing Figure with Crescent Headdress, Holding Ritual Objects
Jar Shaped like an Curling Insect with Single Spout in the Form of a Human Head
Handle Spout Vessel Depicting Seated Figure Drinking from Cup
Possibly Chimú North coast, Peru
Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
Chimú Lambayeque Valley, north coast, Peru
Single Spout Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Duck
Feathered Tunic
Chimú Peru, south coast, Possibly Nazca Valley,
Collar
Metalworker unknown (Chimú) Kingdom of Chimor (near present-day Trujillo, Peru)
Tunic
Chimú Possibly Trujillo, north coast, Peru
Double-Chambered Strap Vessel with Sculpted Bird Head
Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Llama
Vessel in the Form of a Gourd
Cup in the Form of a Figure Holding Enlarged Penis
Blackware Stirrup Spout Vessel with a Relief Depicting Warriors with Raised Arms
Double Vessel with a Foot-Massage Scene
Double Vessel Representing a Funeral Procession
Chimú-Inca North coast, Peru
Blackware Plate
Panel
Possibly Chimú Peru, Possibly north coast
Vessel with Relief Depicting Birds and Fish
Paccha Representing a Woman Carrying a Vessel and Nursing a Child
Chimú-Inca Lambayeque Valley, north coast, Peru