| UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology | University of Michigan Library Digital Collections

Access to media is restricted to U-M users.

About this Item

Holdings: 35mm slide: 1245
World Region: South America
Region: Andean South America
Country: Bolivia
State/Province: La Paz
Political Location: Tiahuanaco
Geographic Location: Lake Titicaca
Archaeological Site Name: Tiahuanaco
Description: This is the most beautiful of the pieces with a little spoon called "Tablillas de Ofrendas". As far as I know, only three specimens of these tablets have been found: One is in the Ethnologic Museum of Buenos Aires and the other two are in the Hildeshein Romermuseum. This most valuable archeological piece was found in Tiahuanaco. These pieces were used in certain cult practices, but their specific object has not been found out. Posnansky is of th
Image Categories: Art: Portable object; Artifact Function: Religion or Ritual; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Animal Materials; Artifact Material: Metal; Artifact Material: Mineral; Artifact Material: Stone
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "Peru Joyas, Telas, Ceramica; Coleccion del Professor Moises Saenz," by Moisés Sáenz, translated by Maria G. Brooke, edited by Herlinda Treviño de Sáenz; Fig. 85. Mexico, 1947.

View the Help Guide for more information.

Full citation: "This is the most beautiful of the pieces with a little spoon called "Tablillas de Ofrendas". As far as I know, only three specimens of these tablets have been found: One is in the Ethnologic Museum of Buenos Aires and the other two are in the Hildeshein Romermuseum. This most valuable archeological piece was found in Tiahuanaco. These pieces were used in certain cult practices, but their specific object has not been found out. Posnansky is of th". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-2488/2488. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 19, 2024.