Effigy Jar
54-14-8
From: Peru
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 54-14-8 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chimu |
Provenience | Peru |
Culture Area | Andean |
Date Made | 1000-1476 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Fruit |
Description | Fruit. Black ware. Body more-or-less lentoid in section with blossom in centre of flat face; high cylindrical neck with flat overhanging rim; handle from neck to body in form of a monkey with hands in relief on vessel neck and tail in relief on vessel body. |
Height | 18.5 cm |
Width | 11.8 cm |
Thickness | 11 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of A. V. Kidder, II, 1954 |
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