Object Details
Culture
Chimu (Peru)
Late Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 1300-1470
Medium
Blackware
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (16.5 x 17.1 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.180
This burnished Chimú blackware animal effigy vessel has a flared spout, an animal head (possibly a (…)
This burnished Chimú blackware animal effigy vessel has a flared spout, an animal head (possibly a fox or a camelid), a blind spout or tail on the vessel shoulder, and two small round handles at the base of the spout. The body of the vessel is squat and globular.
