Lambayeque Ceremonial Knife

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 15 April 2015
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A ceremonial knife (or tumi) from the Lambayeque civilization (Sican) of northern Peru, 9-11th century. Gold and silver inlaid with turquoise.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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