Effigy Vessel
91-26-35
From: Peru
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 91-26-35 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chimu |
Provenience | Peru |
Culture Area | Andean |
Date Made | ca. 1400 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Pouring vessel with flattened oval base; compressed globular body with band of incised waves on raised dot ground along middle; neck in form of human head with two identical faces each wearing necklace, earrings and headdress which forms vessel mouth. |
Height | 22.5 cm |
Width | 12.4 cm |
Depth | 11.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1991 |
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