Chimú
Carved spoon
Chimú, 999
Physical Qualities
Wood, stone inlay, 1 3/4 × 8 1/16 in. (4.5 × 20.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation, Upper Nyack, New York
Object Number
2005.32
A seated dignitary with crescent-shaped headdress carved in low relief occupies the spoon handle. The wood is inlaid with small green stones and shell (?) at the rim of the headdress and on the plaque that rests on the dignitary's feet.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2005; Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Foundation; Formerly part of Marcel Gibrat collection, NYC. Purchased from Howard Rose Galleries, NY, November 2004 by the donor.
