The British Museum's own record, presented through its Google Arts and Culture partnership, for a separate, physically distinct miniature gold llama figurine of the same Inca capacocha type, dated to about 1500, describing the ritual in fuller detail: perfect children selected from subject communities for high-altitude sacrifice were accompanied by complete sets of miniature human and animal figures in precious materials, dressed in textiles, as offerings to the mountain deities (apus). Used here only to corroborate the type and its ritual context, not for facts specific to the Cleveland object.
Facts
Citation
PublisherThe British Museum, via Google Arts and Culture
URLhttps://artsandculture.google.com/asset/miniature-gold-llama-figurine/DAEDo7zhcSTr-Q
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Tier two: the holding institution's own catalogue text, distributed via an official museum partnership, used here to independently corroborate the capacocha figurine type and its ritual context, not for the Cleveland object's own facts. Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)
This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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