Effigy Vessel

39-20-3

From: Peru | Peru, North Coast

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chimu
Provenience Peru | Peru, North Coast
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Pigment
Iconography Male Head
Description

Red ware; red and white paint. Portrait head of a man, wearing simple head-cloth bound on with a broad head-band crossed in front and tied at nape of neck. Face painted darker red. large cylindrical ear plugs. Stirrup spout.

Height 22 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939
Other Number 2962 - Other Number | 7 - Other Number

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