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Chimu (Peru)

Double-chambered Whistling Pot

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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.

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