Razor

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Title Razor

Date 1–200

Medium Copper

Dimensions Object: 2 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.4 × 0.6 cm)
Overall: 2 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.4 × 0.6 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 72.21.13

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The Central Andes includes present-day Peru and parts of Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. There ceramics, stone sculpture, metalworking, and textiles are important parts of the archeological record. Sophisticated metallurgic techniques, as are demonstrated here, first developed in the Central Andes and then spread north.

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"Razor | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=72.21.13