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Monkey Effigy Jar

Monkey Effigy Jar

Dateca. 1470-1532
MediumBlackware
Dimensions7 x 6 3/4 inches (17.8 x 17.1 cm)
CultureChimu-Inca (Peru)
PeriodLate Horizon
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTransfer from the Sociology - Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Terms
  • Perú
  • Ceramics
  • Blackware
  • Animals
  • Monkeys
  • Chimu
Object number56.166
Label CopyThis Chimu or Chimu-Inca globular burnished blackware jar has a raised reilef in the form of a monkey, prone, with its head resting on its paws. The flaring spout of the vessel rises from the middle of the monkey's back.
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