Vase
43507
From: Peru | Lambayeque
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 43507 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chimu |
Provenience | Peru | Lambayeque |
Culture Area | Andean |
Period | Late Chimu |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Animal |
Description | Fruit-shaped black clay vase. Flattened grooves radiating from center forming, were it not for neck and base, a ten-pointed star; base ornamented with designs incised and in relief, neck bulging, grooved, compressed, with flaring lip; two birds on body and two animals on neck. |
Credit Line | Gift of Randolph Clay, 1912 |
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