Canopa (offering vessel) in the shape of an alpaca

1450-1532 AD

The indentation in the backs of stone votive vessels were filled with coca leaves and animal tallow and placed in fields, as an offering for hardy animal stock and abundant crops.

Stone

3 x 2 in. (7.62 x 5.08 cm)

L.: 4 1/2 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

61.38

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, Oct. 17, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014 (Montreal, Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 2 - June 16, 2013).* Text by Victor Pimentel. Cat. no. 278, p. 363, not reproduced [*exhibition organized by Seattle Art Museum and circulated to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; however, Canopa was only shown in Seattle].

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