Object Details
Culture
Chimu (Peru)
Late Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 1300-1470
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
7 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (18.4 x 19.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of W. W. Evans through Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1877, transferred from the Anthropology Department Collections
Object
Number
56.164
This burnished Chimú blackware double-chambered whistling pot has a blind spout in the form of a pa(…)
This burnished Chimú blackware double-chambered whistling pot has a blind spout in the form of a parrot head. It is mold-made, with molded rows of triangles and raised dots in panels on the vessel body, arranged in a manner to mimic the decorative motifs found on textiles (woven clothing) from the same area. Parrots were considered sacred and were markers of high status in some areas. They were symbolically linked to the planet Venus and to the new corn harvest.
