Ear of Corn

Unidentified Wari (Huari) maker

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Inca Period (1483-1533)

Corn

Overall: 2 11/16 × 13/16 in. (6.8 × 2.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, Class of 1921W

165.3.15557

Geography

Place Made: Pachacamac, Peru, South America

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Plant Remains

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 50.50, Archaeology of Food, Jiajing Wang, Spring 2022

Provenance

Collected by Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, (1899-1976), Class of 1921, United States Ambassador to Peru, 1955-1956; Mrs. Ellis Ormsbee Briggs, 3 Pleasant Street, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1965.

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