Bronze tumi (knife) with heavy green corrosion. Handle is long, slightly wider at distal end and narrowing toward proximal. Head of knife is a half circle, with rounded blade facing away from the handle. No visible decoration.

Wood spindle. Shaft is needle shaped, long and thin, tapering to a point at each end. Centre of spindle is painted red-brown and grey with four sets of encircling black lines. Two of the sets include white lines interspersed with the black. The spindle’s tips darken in colour to brown.

Wood spindle and whorl. Shaft is long and thin, tapering to a point at each end. A cylindrical clay whorl sits just off mid-point, painted black with white flower motifs separated by lines of white and red-brown. The wood on either side of the whorl is painted with encircling lines of red-brown, ...

Wood spindle and whorl. Shaft is long and thin, tapering to a point at each end. A cylindrical clay whorl sits at mid-point, painted black and carved with lines and dots which are filled with white, yellow, brown and rust coloured paint. The wood on either side of the whorl is painted red-brown, ...

Quipu, or string abacus. Five thin strands of twisted wool fibre are tied to a loop of similar construction. The cords each carry a series of knots, used as a counting or record keeping system. One holds a separate strand, tied near the top. Strands are coloured blue-grey, blue and tan, a mix of ...

Woven textile fragment. Three thick lines run horizontally across the textile, coloured dark red, red, and dark blue. To the top on a light tan background sit a series of four animal(?) faces, similar but for colour, with square protrusions at top (horns?), thin rectangles to each side at the mid...

Woven textile. Object has a brown base colour in a tight weave, topped by large geometric designs placed in diagonal lines across the surface. The stitches of the design are large, incorporating small areas of the base colour to create a dotted look. Designs are done in light cream and dark pink ...

Peruvian pot. Round bottomed clay bowl is circular, with a flaring rim. Interior is painted a brown-red, while exterior shows a painted figure with grey face, white beard and eyes, red mouth, wearing a wide headdress in a dark yellow. The body is long and tubular, with linear designs in grey and ...

Peruvian pot. Black clay jug is round and bulbous, with a rounded bottom, and a short neck leading to a slightly overhanging lip. A wide handle curves out from just below the rim and meets the shoulder below. Around the body of the pot are printed in relief several rows of a repeating wave-like d...

Peruvian pot. Orange clay jug takes the shape of a kneeling man, with a large protruding nose in a wide face, with a pointed chin and prominent teeth. His hands grip a tool or instrument held on an angle against his torso. His large hat is also the neck of a jar. At back the figure leans against ...