Pre-Columbian Moche Copper Tumi Knife Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills

radiating motif reminiscent of solar or plant forms

well suited for collectors of Greek and Hellenistic coinage

heavy-lidded eyes

circa 243–244 AD

Pre-Columbian Moche Copper Tumi Knife Beverly HillsPre Columbian Moche Copper Tumi Knife Peru, ca. 100800 CE An exceptional Moche copper ceremonial tumi featuring a crescent shaped blade surmounted by a finely cast openwork feline figure. Among the most iconic forms of ancient Andean metalwork, tumis held ceremonial and ritual significance and are closely associated with elite status and religious practices in ancient Peru. The feline finial is particularly noteworthy, as felines occupied a central