Effigy Jar
| Object Number: | 54-14-8 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chimu |
| Provenience: | Peru |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Date Made: | 1000-1476 CE |
| Early Date: | 1000 |
| Late Date: | 1476 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | Fruit |
| Height: | 18.5 cm |
| Width: | 11.8 cm |
| Thickness: | 11 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of A. V. Kidder, II, 1954 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| South American Gallery (1955 - 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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