{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"668"},"period":{"label":"Period","value":"Late Intermediate Period"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Transferred from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"The double spouts on this burnished blackware bottle are connected by a broad strap handle. The vessel is decorated with animals (foxes or dogs?) on a studded panel design. The vessel is squat and rounded, with a somewhat rounded base. The spouts taper slightly, narrowing at the tip. This vessel may be Lambayeque (ca. 900-1370 AD) rather than Chimu, or a transitional vessel.  Lambayeque vessels of this double-spout type would typically have a pedestal base, while Chimu bottles would more commonly have a stirrup-spout handle."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"56.209"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Burnished blackware bottle with double spouts connected by a broad strap handle has animals (foxes or dogs?) on a studded panel design.  Vessel is squat and rounded, with a somewhat rounded base.  Spouts taper slightly, narrowing at tip.  This vessel may be Lambayeque (ca. 900-1370 AD) rather than Chimu, or a transitional vessel.  Lambayeque vessels of this double-spout type would typically have a pedestal base, while Chimu bottles would more commonly have a stirrup-spout handle.____________________ Since the distribution of Chimú and Lambayeque vessels overlap in both time and space on Peru's north coast (the Chimú conquered Lambayeque around AD 1370-75), this vessel is at the very least clearly from the north coast of Peru, Late Intermediate Period.  See p. 91, fig. 166, in Donnan's (1992) Ceramics of Ancient Peru, for similar Lambayeque bottle with pedestal base.Sicán/Lambayeque (AD 900-1375)The descendants of the Moche established the Lambayeque or Sicán culture around A.D. 800. It was centered at the site of Batan Grande in the La Leche Valley on the north coast of Peru. The Sicán culture flourished in the the Lambayeque Valley after the fall of Wari and spread to control a large part of the Peruvian coast, including the valleys of La Leche,  Saña, and Jequetepeque.  Between A.D 900-1100, the Sicán culture became the region's major political and religious influence. The population of Batan Grande included many skilled craftsmen, whose products were buried in the tombs of the ruling class.  Grave goods recovered from these tombs include vast quantities of metal artifacts, including gold and silver queros (beaker-like cups) and gold funerary masks with semi-precious stones, shell and feathers. Other works of art in clay, inlaid wood, and textiles depict sea birds and fish. One of the most distinctive humans portrayed in Sicán ceramics is the \"Lord of Sicán,\" also known as \"Huaco Rey,\" a ruler with wing- or comma-shaped eyes which slant upwards at the corners.  He may be the physical manifestation of Naymlap, the mythical founder of Lambayeque, who is said to have arrived over the sea in a raft with 40 retainers.  Textiles from the Lambayeque valley show a combination of Moche, Wari and local elements such as the characteristic slanted (comma shaped) eyes and crescent headdresses, sea motifs and slit tapestry. Stylistic similarities bewteen Sicán and the earlier Moche and the later Chimú ceramic traditions have caused a great deal of confusion in the classification of Sicán pottery.  Like Moche, Sicán ceramics may have a red-on-white color scheme; like Chimú, they are frequently made of blackware.  Like Wari, Sicán pottery is characterized by double-spout-and-bridge vessels with tapered spouts.  Pedestal bases are common, while stirrup-spout bottles are not.  Around A.D. 1100, Batan Grande was abandoned and burned, and a new center was established at Túcume, which was conquered by the Chimú around AD 1350-75.Suggestions for Further Reading about Sicán/Lambayeque:Lavalle, José Antonio (1989): Lambayeque, Colección Arte y Tesoros del Peru. Banco de Credito del Peru en la Cultura.  Lima, Peru.Shimada, Izumi, Ken-ichi Shinoda, Julie Farnum, Robert Corrucini, and Hirokatsu Watanabe (2004): \"An integrated analysis of pre-hispanic mortuary practices,\" in Current Anthropology 45(3): 369-402.Shimada, Izumi and Jo Ann Griffin (2005): \"Precious metal objects of the Middle Sicán,\" in Scientific American Special Edition, Feb2005 Special Edition, Vol. 15 Issue 1, pp. 80-89."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Blackware"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Double-spout Bottle"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Ceramics"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"Chimu (Peru)"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"ca. 1300-1470"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"213101"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (19.1 x 16.5 cm)"}}]}