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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Monarch Priest- Deity Figurine
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Monarch Priest- Deity Figurine

Maker Sican culture (Peru, North Coast, Lambayeque Valley)
Date1000-1476
Made/manufacturedSouth America
MediumCeramic with buff slip
Dimensions5 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (13.7 x 9.5 x 4.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object numberC-73-169
Collections
DescriptionStanding male figure with thick legs, knees incised, wearing a tunic with fringed border, wide necklace, arms raised to side of head, holding circular objects (ear spools?), wide face, angular eyes, large ornate headdress, semicircular with incised design of dots and scallops.
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