Genuine Pre-columbian Chimu Tupu deals ca. 1200-1455 A.D.

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Genuine Pre-columbian Chimu Tupu deals ca. 1200-1455 A.D., A nice genuine Copper Tupu (shawl pin) implement from the Chimu Culture Also used as a cutting.
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Product code: Genuine Pre-columbian Chimu Tupu deals ca. 1200-1455 A.D.

A nice genuine Copper Tupu (shawl pin) implement from the Chimu Culture. Also used as a cutting implement.
Excellent patina and in choice condition.
Measures: 4"/10,16 cm. in height.
Displays nicely on custom stand.

The artifact is a tupu, the Incan version of a modern shawl pin. A tupu is a long pin often
with a decorative head, used by Andean women to fasten a lliclla. A lliclla is a shawl,
which can also be referred to as lliqlla or lliklla. The shawl is pinned in the front with a
tupu. This specific tupu is made of copper.
Women wore tupus to fasten their shawls in the front, keeping them secure on their
shoulders. The more elaborate the decoration at the top, the higher position or standing
the woman wearing it had. Tupus can have circular heads, which indicates that this
particular one could have belonged to a woman of higher standing because of its
decorative top. They can be found throughout the central Andean area during the
Middle Horizon, and were commonly used by the Incas. In fact, tupus continue to be
used in many Andean regions to this day. Throughout the Incan reign in the Andes,
tupus were most commonly made of bone because of its ease. Sometimes though, they
were made deals of silver and gold. These tupus look like modern-day shawl pins made of
copper and are pre-columbian versions to the broche used today. One could look to the
present-day broche or shawl pins to see how their construction is immensely similar to
the methods the Incas used hundreds of years ago.
It is surprising that these tupus survived the centuries. Due to the commonly poor
preservation of artifacts as a result of the moist climate of the tropical lowlands, it is our
good fortune to have it in the collection.


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