Object Details
Culture
Chimu (Peru)
Late Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 1300-1470 AD
Medium
Blackware
Dimensions
2 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (7 x 14 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.178
This small Chimu burnished blackware vessel is a double-chambered whistling pot with strap bridge. T(…)
This small Chimu burnished blackware vessel is a double-chambered whistling pot with strap bridge. The two vessels are identical, with squat, globular, round-bottomed vessel bodies narrowing to short, constricted, carinated necks. The vessel bodies join at their widest points, while the strap handle joins each neck just below the rim.