Double-chambered Whistling Pot
Dateca. 1300-1470
MediumCeramic
Dimensions7 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (18.4 x 19.7 cm)
CultureChimu (Peru)
PeriodLate Intermediate Period
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of W. W. Evans through Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1877, transferred from the Anthropology Department Collections
Terms
- Perú
- Ceramics
- Ceramic
- Birds
- Parrots
- Chimu
Object number56.164
Label CopyThis burnished Chimú blackware double-chambered whistling pot has a blind spout in the form of a parrot head. It is mold-made, with molded rows of triangles and raised dots in panels on the vessel body, arranged in a manner to mimic the decorative motifs found on textiles (woven clothing) from the same area. Parrots were considered sacred and were markers of high status in some areas. They were symbolically linked to the planet Venus and to the new corn harvest.
Collections
AD 1470-1532
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1532
AD 1470-1532
ca. 1470-1532
ca. 1300-1532
ca. 1300-1532
ca. 1470-1532