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Anthropomorphic Bottle

Dateca. 1300-1470

MediumBlackware

Dimensions7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (19.7 x 15.9 cm)

CultureChimu (Peru)

PeriodLate Intermediate Period

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineTransfer from the Sociology - Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.

Terms

Perú
Ceramics
Blackware
Chimu

Object number56.171

Label CopyThis burnished blackware Chimu human effigy pot has a face at the base of the neck, a flared spout, and scalloped decoration over mold marks that run lenghtwise down the sides of the pot from the base of the neck to one-quarter of height above the base. It has a pattern of raised dots, a wedge-shaped pattern descending from the neck, and two larger rings on the front of vessel.

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