Alpaca Offering Container (Canopa)
1400–1532
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Alpaca Offering Container (Canopa), 1400–1532. Peru, Inka style (1400-1532). Stone; overall: 6.6 x 10.8 x 3.9 cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1951.178 This stone llama was an offering buried to ensure health and fertility for domestic animals.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Stone
- Formatted Medium
- stone
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.6 x 10.8 x 3.9 cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1951.178
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Juxtapositions
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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