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Pottery seed pod vessels
Object Number 33-64-30/11878.1.3
Display Title Pottery seed pod vessels
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Top: Wooden bowl studded with iron nails. Bone teeth, painted eyes, claws. Spout has Spanish sodiers painted on sides. Top incised like open channels. Length 19 1/2" *871) / Centre: Shallow wooden bowl undecorated (1495) - length 21 1/2" / Bottom: Pottery bowl - face red and black, painted pattern on spout, length 6 1/2" (458) / From Peru. Now in Museo Arqueologico in Madrid. Photo taken by Dr. A. K. Lothrop and given to the Museum.
Subject
  • Vessel
Department Photographic
Date 1922
Artist Museo Arqueologico Nacional
Culture
  • Peruvian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 23.495 cm (7 × 9 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Donor Donated by Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop

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