Effigy Vessel

33591

From: Peru | Huaca Paraiso

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 33591
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chimu
Provenience Peru | Huaca Paraiso
Culture Area Andean
Locus From the Huaca Paraiso at the entrance to the seaward opening valley of Marques (watered by the river of Chillon).
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Potato
Description

Black potato-shaped bottle, long expanding neck, figure of moneky forming loop handle. Incised collar band

Height 17.14 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3390 - Field No SF

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