Snuff Tube
62-7-24
From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 62-7-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Shell (uncertain) | Sinew |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Face |
| Description | carved face in center. Wooden. Tube with beautifully carved face at mid-section. Eyes and mouth inlaid shell or stone. Sinew wrapped around tube near both ends, immediately forward of (i.e. below) face and across bridge of nose. A groove circumscribes the tube above face. Mouthpiece is constricted in center. |
| Length | 14.4 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962 |
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