Object Details
Culture
Chimu (Peru)
Late Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 1300-1470 AD
Medium
Blackware
Dimensions
Height: 8 inches (20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.173
This Middle Chimú stirrup-spout bottle is made of burnished blackware, with the body of the jar in (…)
This Middle Chimú stirrup-spout bottle is made of burnished blackware, with the body of the jar in the form of a crouching jaguar or puma. Cats of all sorts are common motifs on Peruvian ceramics from all time periods; the snarling feline is a symbol of power and prestige.
