Tello Obelisk

E320897

Chavín stone monument archaeological artifact monolith sculpture

The Tello Obelisk is a monumental carved stone monolith from the Chavín culture of ancient Peru, notable for its intricate iconography depicting mythological beings and complex religious symbolism.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Tello Obelisk canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chavín stone monument ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ monolith ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artPeriod	Early Horizon ⓘ
artStyle	Chavín culture ⓘ surface form: Chavín style
associatedReligion	Andean religion ⓘ
associatedWith	Chavín de Huántar ⓘ surface form: Chavín de Huántar temple complex Chavín culture ⓘ surface form: Chavín priesthood
carvingTechnique	low-relief carving ⓘ
civilization	Chavín culture ⓘ surface form: Chavín
conservationStatus	preserved in museum ⓘ
country	Peru ⓘ
culture	Chavín culture ⓘ
currentLocation	National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru ⓘ surface form: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú
depicts	agricultural products ⓘ birds ⓘ complex religious symbolism ⓘ composite animals ⓘ crocodilian or caiman-like creatures ⓘ felines ⓘ mythological beings ⓘ plants ⓘ
discoveredBy	Julio C. Tello ⓘ
discoverySite	Chavín de Huántar ⓘ surface form: Temple area of Chavín de Huántar
estimatedDate	circa 800–500 BCE ⓘ
function	religious monument ⓘ ritual object ⓘ
hasIconography	yes ⓘ
hasInscriptions	no alphabetic inscriptions ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	no alphabetic writing ⓘ
height	approximately 2.5 metres ⓘ
iconographicComplexity	high ⓘ
iconographicTheme	fertility ⓘ transformational beings ⓘ water and agriculture ⓘ
locationFound	Chavín de Huántar ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Julio C. Tello ⓘ
orientation	carved on multiple sides ⓘ
partOf	Chavín monumental sculpture corpus ⓘ
region	Ancash Region ⓘ
relatedWork	the Lanzón monolith ⓘ surface form: Lanzón monolith Raimondi Stela ⓘ
shape	rectangular monolith ⓘ
significance	important source for understanding Chavín cosmology ⓘ key example of Chavín religious iconography ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Chavín de Huántar → hasArtifact → Tello Obelisk ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage (Chavín de Huántar) → notableArtifact → Tello Obelisk ⓘ

subject surface form: Chavín de Huántar