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Feline Effigy Pot with Trophy Head
Feline Effigy Pot with Trophy Head

Feline Effigy Pot with Trophy Head

Dateca. 1300-1470
MediumBlackware
DimensionsHeight: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)
CultureChimu (Peru)
PeriodLate Intermediate Period
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTransfer from the Sociology - Anthropology Department. Spring 1956.
Terms
  • Perú
  • Ceramics
  • Blackware
  • Animals
  • Cats
  • trophy heads
  • Chimu
Object number56.181
Label CopyThis mold-made Chimú vessel of burnished blackware has a large flaring rim and is decorated with a large feline face with bared teeth above a small human face or trophy head on the side of the vessel body.
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