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Black jar
Object Number 46-77-30/4879
Display Title Black jar
Descriptions
Object Description Black jar in form of semi-human with elaborate headdress. Jar has very flat shape.
Inventory Description Black ceramic vessel, platform base, vessel body is a zoomorphic effigy, effigy body is round with molded, incised arms and legs bent at joints, arms holding a cylinder, main effigy head located above arms is a grimacing face wearing elaborate fan-shaped headdress, features molded and incised, rear effigy is a human head located at the end of a long neck (?) with geometric designs, neck is bent so head is hanging upside down, human head is wearing fan-shaped headdress with wedge-shaped attachment extending upwards from back of headdress, attachment has a geometric design at top, irregular quadrilateral shape located at top of vessel between effigies, geometric wave border located on shape edges, flared neck and rim located at top of shape near the main effigy, perforated lug handle behind neck, perforation near back of main headdress
Classification
  • Jar
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Late Chimu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Lambayaque
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 21.5 x 7.6 cm (7 9/16 x 8 7/16 x 3 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/4879
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (1940-1944 - 1946)
Donor Mr. Donald C. Scott
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer

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