Animal Effigy Head Pot

Dateca. 1300-1470

MediumBlackware

Dimensions6 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (16.5 x 17.1 cm)

CultureChimu (Peru)

PeriodLate Intermediate Period

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineTransferred from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Terms

Perú
Ceramics
Chimu
Blackware
Animals
Llamas

Object number56.180

Label CopyThis burnished Chimú blackware animal effigy vessel has a flared spout, an animal head (possibly a fox or a camelid), a blind spout or tail on the vessel shoulder, and two small round handles at the base of the spout. The body of the vessel is squat and globular.

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