Raimondi Stela

E320896
Chavín art archaeological artifact monolith stone stela

The Raimondi Stela is a famous engraved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, renowned for its complex, transformative depiction of a staff-bearing deity central to Chavín religious iconography.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Raimondi Stela canonical 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chavín art ⓘ
archaeological artifact ⓘ
monolith ⓘ
stone stela ⓘ
approximateDate circa 800–500 BCE ⓘ
artStyle Andean religious art ⓘ
Chavín culture ⓘ
surface form: Chavín style
associatedReligion Andean religion ⓘ
associatedSite Chavín de Huántar ⓘ
civilization Chavín culture ⓘ
surface form: ancient Peru
collection National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú
country Peru ⓘ
culturalSignificance canonical representation of the Chavín Staff God ⓘ
important source for understanding Chavín cosmology ⓘ
key example of Chavín religious iconography ⓘ
culture Chavín culture ⓘ
currentLocation Lima ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
depicts Chavín Staff God ⓘ
staff-bearing deity ⓘ
discoveredBy Antonio Raimondi ⓘ
discoveryCountry Peru ⓘ
function religious monument ⓘ
ritual object ⓘ
hasMotif avian elements ⓘ
feline features ⓘ
serpent motifs ⓘ
height about 1.98 metres ⓘ
about 6.5 feet ⓘ
iconographyFeature complex interlaced motifs ⓘ
elaborate headdress ⓘ
fanged deity ⓘ
staffs in both hands ⓘ
transformational imagery ⓘ
upturned fangs ⓘ
material granite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Antonio Raimondi ⓘ
orientationProperty designed to be read in multiple orientations ⓘ
period Early Horizon ⓘ
region Andes ⓘ
religiousContext Chavín culture ⓘ
surface form: Chavín religion
technique incised carving ⓘ
low relief engraving ⓘ
thickness about 17 centimetres ⓘ
about 6.7 inches ⓘ
visualEffect ambiguous figure-ground relationships ⓘ
image inversion when rotated 180 degrees ⓘ
weight approximately 300 kilograms ⓘ
width about 29 inches ⓘ
about 74 centimetres ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chavín de Huántar → hasArtifact → Raimondi Stela ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage (Chavín de Huántar) → notableArtifact → Raimondi Stela ⓘ
subject surface form: Chavín de Huántar
Tello Obelisk → relatedWork → Raimondi Stela ⓘ