Trapezoidal-shaped backrest (a) made of thin willow rods tied together with sinew and edged with red wool cloth. The top of the backrest has a "handle" of deer hide covered with red wool cloth that hangs down in two bands that are woven into the top of the backrest. The handle is used to suspend the backrest from a tripod of wood sticks (b). Condition: good. Some soiling on wool cloth.

Museum Expedition 1941, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund

Gift of Dr. John H. Finney

Gift of Dr. John H. Finney

Gift of Morris De Camp Crawford, Jr.

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

String puppet (marioneta) representing the character Venus. Puppet wears a very long dark pink skirt, and a short dark pink top with plastic round nipples attached to the outside. Her hair is also pink; clear plastic points project from the back of her head. Her midriff is exposed, showing very pale 'skin', like her face. Her lips are painted dark red. Her eyes appear to be glass balls. Her hands are carved of wood. Artist's inscription at base of body.

String puppet (marioneta) of the character Jupiter. Puppet wears a long off-white cotton robe with gold coloured grasses hanging around the outside and a gold coloured crown made of individual curved strips of metal with dark blue stone pieces attached to each. There is a painted paper collar that wraps around his neck and down the front; the arms are similarly constructed; the hands are carved of wood.

Gift of Dr. John H. Finney

Perforated three flange mace made of mottled grey-brown stone that was originally attached to a shaft of wood or “chaska chuqui” in quechua. A non-Moche artifact type with flat rims and hole in the centre. Pecked surface. Minor breakages.