About the Artwork
Ceremonial Knife
between 500 BCE and 500 CE
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Precolumbian
Moche
Copper, shell, and mica
Overall: 5 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 inches (14.9 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Founders Society Purchase, Conrad H. Smith Fund
1984.31
Public Domain
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Provenance
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Moche, Precolumbian, Ceremonial Knife, between 500 BCE and 500 CE, copper, shell, and mica. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Conrad H. Smith Fund, 1984.31.
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