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Tinculpa
Culture Milagro-Quevedo700 AD - 1530 AD
Museo Casa del Alabado
Quito, Ecuador
This arsenical copper disk, called tinculpa, served as a pectoral and evokes the concept of the sun in his feline avatar: in Amerindian ideology the jaguar symbolizes male creative force and vitality. The motif was embossed and the disk hammered.
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Details
- Title: Tinculpa
- Creator: Culture Milagro-Quevedo
- Creator Lifespan: 700 - 1530
- Creator Nationality: Ecuador
- Creator Death Place: Guayas and Esmeraldas. Ecuadorian North Coast
- Creator Birth Place: Guayas and Esmeraldas. Ecuadorian North Coast
- Date: 700 AD - 1530 AD
- Provenance: Ecuadorian North Coast, Ecuadorian North Coast, Museo Casa del Alabado. Inventoried by National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Ecuador (INPC)
- Physical Dimensions: h20,9 cm
- Culture: Milagro-Quevedo
- Type: Metal Work
- Rights: Museo Casa del Alabado
- External Link: http://alabado.org/
- Medium: Metal
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