Copper Knife
Unidentified Inca maker
Inca Period (1483-1533)
Copper
Overall: 1 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 1/4 in. (4.6 × 5 × 0.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
159.60.14495
Geography
Place Made: Bolivia, South America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
C. Richard Whittemore, House of Whittemore Rare Books and First Editions, Westborough, Massachusetts [acquired from a "small old collection"]; sold to present collection, 1959.
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