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Alpaca Offering Container (Canopa)
1400–1532
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
An unknown substance was placed in the back cavity of this alpaca before it was buried as an offering.
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- Title: Alpaca Offering Container (Canopa)
- Date Created: 1400–1532
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 6.6 x 10.8 x 3.9 cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1951, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Stone
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.178
- Medium: stone
- Fun Fact: This stone llama was an offering buried to ensure health and fertility for domestic animals.
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Peru, Inka style (1400-1532)
- Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 1951.178
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