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Colonial Chimu pottery vase (highly burnished red ware)
Colonial Chimu pottery vase (highly burnished red ware)
Object Number 970-34-30/8819
Display Title Colonial Chimu pottery vase (highly burnished red ware)
Descriptions
Object Description Colonial Chimu pottery vase (highly burnished red ware) dating to c. 1800 A.D. Decorated in embossed panels, one of which portrays a battle scene between and Indian and a Spanish soldier. HEIGHT: 29 cm. DIAMETER: approx. 18 cm.
Inventory Description Bottle, round body, long narrow neck, banded rim, chipped, flat base, engraved human effigy fighting motif and stippling, mended spout, slip worn
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Ethnographic
Date 1790-1820
Culture
  • Colonial Period
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast
Materials Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 28.4 x 10.5 cm (11 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 970-34-30/8819
Provenance
Donor Charles A. Thompson (1968)

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