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Carved Chima Figure

  • Country: Peru
  • Source: Private collection of a California physician, ex. Royal Athena Gallery, NYC., 1981 & 82
  • Origin: The Chimú were the residents of Chimor, with its capital at the city of Chan Chan, a large adobe city in the Moche Valley of present-day Trujillo city. The culture arose about 900 AD.
  • Size (cm): 12
  • Material: Wood