The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tumi with Feline

Date:: 2nd–7th century
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche
Medium:: Copper (cast), shell
Dimensions:: Length 8 in. (20.5 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Implements
Credit Line:: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986
Accession Number:: 1987.394.582

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Everett Rassiga, New York, by 1963–1966(?)]; [Aaron Furman Gallery, New York, 1966(?)–1975]; Arnold I. Goldberg, New York, 1975–(d.)1976; Jane Costello Goldberg, New York, 1976– (d.)1986
See also
Who
Moche (694)
What
Metal (59,364)

Copper (6,255)

Knives (1,826)

Shell (1,359)
Where
South America (4,531)

Peru (3,460)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central and Southern Andes, 1–500A.D.

Central and Southern Andes, 500–1000 A.D.