Chimú Ceremonial Vessels

Room 8, Vitrine 93

Silver
Raising, sinking and overlapping
Peruvian Northern Coast
Imperial Epoch (1300 AD – 1532 AD)
ML100108, ML101003, ML101021, ML101022, ML101023, ML101024, ML101025, ML101026, ML101028, ML101632.

Set of vessels probably uses for communal drinking during ceremonies and festivities as a way of communing with the gods and ancestors.

Rulers and priests used gold or silver vessels in these ceremonies.