Crouching Feline Effigy Jar
Dateca. 1300-1470 AD
MediumBlackware
DimensionsHeight: 8 inches (20.3 cm)
CultureChimu (Peru)
PeriodLate Intermediate Period
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTransferred from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Terms
- Perú
- Ceramics
- Chimu
- Blackware
- Cats
- Jaguars
- Pumas
- Animals
Object number56.173
Label CopyThis Middle Chimú stirrup-spout bottle is made of burnished blackware, with the body of the jar in the form of a crouching jaguar or puma. Cats of all sorts are common motifs on Peruvian ceramics from all time periods; the snarling feline is a symbol of power and prestige.Collections
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1470-1532
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300–1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
ca. 1300-1470
AD 1470-1532