Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenFigure cast hollow in heavy silver, representing a naked man wearing a cylindrical headdress, standing with feet apart and with hands clasped upon his sternum: South America, probably Peru, Inca
A.1951.210
Ancient Peru, South America
Inca
Cast silver
Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
National Museum of Scotland
D. Idiens, Ancient American Art, 1971, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. 3 copies in NMS library, a basic introduction to Ancient American art and culture only, photo but no further information on object.