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Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184.jpg)
Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184.jpg)
Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail1.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail1.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail2.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail2.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_view02.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_view02.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 86.224.185_70.177.31_86.224.184_bw.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 86.224.185_70.177.31_86.224.184_bw.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail01.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail01.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail02.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184_detail02.jpg)

Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.224.184_bw.jpg)

Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.224.184_bw.jpg)

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Tupu

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Chimú
MEDIUM Silver
DATES 1000-1500
PERIOD Late Intermediate Period
DIMENSIONS 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 86.224.184
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Chimú. Tupu, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184.jpg)
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Chimú. <em>Tupu</em>, 1000-1500. Silver, 1 7/16 × 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (3.7 × 0.6 × 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.184. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.224.184.jpg)

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