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Item number Sf538 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

A solid cast sculpture of a miniature female in standing position with hands clasped on her breasts. The disproportionately large head has long, carefully dressed hair which ends in tassels. Digits, genitalia and facial features are rendered in the casting.

History Of Use

Both cast and hollow figurines of males and females occur and can be made of gold, silver or bronze. From well preserved examples (Emmerich), it appears that originally the figures may have been clothed in miniature versions of the garments worn by Inca aristocracy. Some figurines were interred in burials, like the clothed example from the mountain top interment on Cerro el Plomo, Chile.