Blackware Snake Bottle

Dateca. 1470-1532

MediumBlackware

Dimensions8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22.2 x 14 cm)

CultureChimu-Inca (Peru)

PeriodLate Horizon

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineTransferred from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Terms

Perú
Ceramics
Chimu
Blackware
Animals
Reptiles
Snakes
Monkeys

Object number56.151

Label CopyThis tall oval Chimú-Inca blackware bottle or jar has small round handles at the base of the neck, a flared rim, and a molded snake and monkey (?) design on the stippled background found in many Chimú pots. The vessel shape suggests Inca influence.

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