Snuff Tube

62-7-24

From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 62-7-24
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Culture Area Andean
Locus archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines
Section American
Materials Wood | Shell (uncertain) | Sinew
Technique Carved
Iconography Face
Description

carved face in center. Wooden. Tube with beautifully carved face at mid-section. Eyes and mouth inlaid shell or stone. Sinew wrapped around tube near both ends, immediately forward of (i.e. below) face and across bridge of nose. A groove circumscribes the tube above face. Mouthpiece is constricted in center.

Length 14.4 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962

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