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Object Number
990-6-30/11536
Display Title
Wide - rimmed jar with handle decorated with applied and incised motifs on upper
Descriptions
Object Description
Wide - rimmed jar with handle decorated with applied and incised motifs on upper half of vessel. decoration consists of human, animal (cows + birds) and floral motifs. upper half is brown glazed pottery. one horse has come off separate.
Inventory Description
Ceramic pitcher, zoomorphic and human figures applied, horse broken off
Classification
- Pitcher
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
Materials
Ceramic
Dimensions
Overall: 15.1 x 20.1 x 20.6 cm (5 15/16 x 7 15/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
990-6-30/11536
Provenance
Collector
Eliza Thurston Butts
(ca. 1890)
Donor
Ellen Frothingham Dunnell
(June 12. 1990)
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