Object Details
Culture
Chimu-Inca (Peru)
Late Horizon
Date
ca. 1470-1532
Medium
Blackware
Dimensions
8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22.2 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.151
This tall oval Chimú-Inca blackware bottle or jar has small round handles at the base of the neck, (…)
This tall oval Chimú-Inca blackware bottle or jar has small round handles at the base of the neck, a flared rim, and a molded snake and monkey (?) design on the stippled background found in many Chimú pots. The vessel shape suggests Inca influence.
