Statuetta femminile. Cultura: Inca. Dimensioni: H. 2 3/8 x W. 5/8 x D. 7/8 in. (6 x 1,6 x 2,2 cm). Data: 1400-1533. Questa statuetta femminile è fatta di metallo martellato foglio ed è analogo ad altri Inca statuette in miniatura spesso ritualmente depositato e considerato sacro entità o <i>huacas</i>, un Quechua e aymara termine. Questa statuetta mostra una donna in piedi con le braccia e le mani tirato verso il petto. I suoi occhi a mandorla e la sua bocca è chiusa. Come con altri figurine in questo corpus, la testa appare più grande di quella prevista per la proporzione rispetto al resto del corpo. Dei tre altezza

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Female figurine. Culture: Inca. Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 x W. 5/8 x D. 7/8 in. (6 x 1.6 x 2.2 cm). Date: 1400-1533. This female figurine is made of hammered metal sheet and is analogous to other Inca miniature figurines often ritually deposited and considered sacred entities, or <i>huacas</i>, a Quechua and Aymara term. This figurine shows a woman standing with arms and hands pulled toward the chest. Her eyes are almond-shaped and her mouth is closed. As with other figurines in this corpus, the head appears larger than the expected proportion relative to the rest of the body. Of the three height groups (5-7 cm, 13-15 cm, 22-24 cm) evident among this corpus of Inca human figurines in metal, this figurine is in the smallest height group. This figurine is similar in morphology and fabrication as ones often associated with assemblages from sites of <i>capac hucha</i>, or 'royal obligation, ' described (Cieza de León 1959, 190-193; Diez de Betanzos 1996, 132) as an Inca state-sanctioned performance. In this practice, offerings were made in Cusco or in the hinterlands to mark the expansion of the empire and the service of the provincial peoples to the Inca royalty, in the process demonstrating reverence to certain sacred points in the natural landscape, including <i>apus</i>, or mountain deities, through the deposition of offerings. This pursuit of territorial control was undertaken through other tactics as well, such as the resettlement of conquered peoples and the mandate that peoples in Inca hinterlands bring <i>huacas</i> to Cusco and care for them there, in the imperial capital (Cobo 1979, 191). As shown in X-radiography (see image 4), this figurine was fashioned from five separate pieces of sheet: its hair; its head, torso, and legs forming a single piece; the two feet; and a gusset of metal that forms the crotch. The technical design and the arrangement of parts is common to many Inca female figurines. The relief areas of the figure--the breasts, hands and arms,

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