Object Details
Culture
Chimu (Peru)
Late Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 1300-1470
Medium
Blackware
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.155
This Late Chimú blackware vessel is mold-made, with a monkey in raised relief on the body of the ve(…)
This Late Chimú blackware vessel is mold-made, with a monkey in raised relief on the body of the vessel and a broad, slightly flaring spout rising up from the center of the monkey’s back. Monkeys are very common decorative elements in Chimú pottery.