Object Details
Culture
Chimu or Chimu-Inca (Peru)
Late Intermediate Period or Late Horizon
Date
ca. 1300-1532
Medium
Blackware
Dimensions
5 × 5 3/4 inches (12.7 × 14.6 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.189
This Chimu or Chimu-Inca burnished blackware pot has a strap-handle rounded base, a squat body, and (…)
This Chimu or Chimu-Inca burnished blackware pot has a strap-handle rounded base, a squat body, and a flaring spout. The vessel is decorated with a band of nested triangles; the lower ones are studded with dots, circling the vessel shoulders and giving the appearance of a medallion-like solar (inti) or floral motif when viewed from above.
