id: 133427 accession number: 1955.83 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.83 updated: Spatula with Carved Lizard, 100 BC-700. Peru, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700). Bone with shell inlay; overall: 11.8 x 2.6 cm (4 5/8 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.83 title: Spatula with Carved Lizard title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 100 BC-700 creation date earliest: -100 creation date latest: 700 current location: 232 Andean creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Peru, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700) technique: bone with shell inlay department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 11.8 x 2.6 cm (4 5/8 x 1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: What in the World opening date: 1960-03-01T05:00:00 What in the World. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (March 1-October 1, 1960). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Philadelphia, PA: University Museum, the University of Pennsylvania; March 1- October 1, 1960. For television program, "What in the World." --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Peruvian Indians today regard coca leaf as a sacred substance that creates communion with supernatural forces. The leaves are chewed with powdered lime that in antiquity was stored in containers and scooped with spatulas like those seen here. Aside from its ritual meaning, coca has practical benefits: it is vitamin-rich; like coffee, it induces clear-headedness; and it increases stamina. The lizard spatula is Nasca in style; the other is Wari. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.83/1955.83_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.83/1955.83_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.83/1955.83_full.tif