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Wide - rimmed jar with handle decorated with applied and incised motifs on upper
Wide - rimmed jar with handle decorated with applied and incised motifs on upper
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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