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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
Chimú North coast, Peru

Jar Shaped like an Curling Insect with Single Spout in the Form of a Human Head
Chimú North coast, Peru

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
Chimú North coast, Peru

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
Chimú North coast, Peru

Blackware Vessel in the Form of a Llama
Chimú North coast, Peru

Vessel in the Form of a Gourd
Chimú North coast, Peru

Cup in the Form of a Figure Holding Enlarged Penis
Chimú North coast, Peru

Blackware Stirrup Spout Vessel with a Relief Depicting Warriors with Raised Arms
Chimú North coast, Peru

Double Vessel with a Foot-Massage Scene
Chimú North coast, Peru

Double Vessel Representing a Funeral Procession
Chimú-Inca North coast, Peru

Blackware Plate
Chimú North coast, Peru

Panel
Possibly Chimú Peru, Possibly north coast

Vessel with Relief Depicting Birds and Fish
Chimú-Inca North coast, Peru

Paccha Representing a Woman Carrying a Vessel and Nursing a Child
Chimú-Inca Lambayeque Valley, north coast, Peru