Cleveland Museum of Art
Snuff Tablet
- Date
- 1–650 CE
- Medium
- wood with gold foil
- Culture
- Peru, North Highlands, Recuay style
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Both of these objects feature a creature known as the "Recuay feline," although it could also refer to a fox, dog, or viscacha (a rodent). Whatever its identity, the prominent crest on its head ties it to the supernatural realm, a connection underlined by the deity head that also appears on the dipper and by the ritual function of snuff tablets, which were used to inhale hallucinogenic snuffs during religious ceremonies.
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