id:			133427
accession number:	1955.83
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.83
updated:		2022-01-04 15:56:46.455000

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
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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
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culture:	Peru, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700)
technique:	bone with shell inlay
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 11.8 x 2.6 cm (4 5/8 x 1 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Philadelphia, PA: University Museum, the University of Pennsylvania; March 1- October 1, 1960. For television program, "What in the World."

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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.
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