Récipient sacrificiel "conopa" en forme de lama ·  Pérou, Inca · ID: 3050254

Description

Particularly shapely object made of black polished stone, which the llama fat was placed in the receptacle and then buried in the fields for fertility.

Llamas were important sacrificial animals. They belonged to Wamani, the god of the lamas, to whom sacrifices had to be made in gratitude.

Littérature comparée

Kurella, Doris & Inés de Castro (Hg.), Inka, Stuttgart 2013, p. 242, cat. 35

Remarques

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).