Effigy Vessel

39-20-71

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-71
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chimu
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Human Figure | Owl
Description

Black ware. Slightly convex base; body in form of three superimposed, diminishing discs, surmounted by a half-disc, upon which is seated a human figure wearing the head, wings and tail of a horned owl. Stirrup spout.

Height 25 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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