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Tumi Mochica
The Tumi was a ceremonial knife, used for skull trepanation, and other purposes.
It has been proven that trepanation was successfully carried out in Pre-Inca times.The lovely Tumi we see in this picture was considered the masterpiece of Mochica metal working. It was stolen from the Anthropological museum in the 1980s and to us it meant a national tragedy. We speak about the theft of our 'Mona Lisa'. Now we only have photos like this one, taken by Wilfredo Loayza, one of our best Peruvian photographers.
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