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Object Number
968-14-30/8509
Display Title
Jar, stirrup spout
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic vessel with flat base, body of vessel flares from base then curves sharply inward to form rounded top, short circular platform on top of vessel, crouched human effigy on top of platform, stirrup spout attached to back of effigy and opposite side of platform, no rim, effigy is playing a whistle (?), arms, legs, ears, eyes, nose, and whistle of figure are molded, fingers, toes, eyes, mouth, and nostrils are incised, whistle is semi-perforated, figure is wearing black face paint, back of head, forearms, and hands of figure at painted black, wavy horizontal line pattern painted on back of figure, top of vessel body decorated with wavy black vertical lines, platform decorated with S shapes and other decorations where are indecipherable, black horizontal lines located around widest point of vessel body
Classification
- Stirrup spout
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Additional Geographic Terms
Piura Region
Materials
Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 19.2 x 12.6 x 12.9 cm (7 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
968-14-30/8509 & 131/ M.
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