Object Details
Culture
Peru, Chancay
Late Intermediate Period
Date
ca. 1200-1470
Medium
Redware
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 8 inches (42.5 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the Sociology – Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Object
Number
56.208
This large Chancay redware face-neck vessel has an ovoid body and rounded base. The “china” figure’s(…)
This large Chancay redware face-neck vessel has an ovoid body and rounded base. The “china” figure’s hands hold a small drinking vessel to its chest. The legs are modeled and painted in a lighter cream slip decoration. “China” (or “chino”) is the quechua word for servant.
