{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"681"},"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":"This mold-made Chancay redware jar with a buff-colored slip is in the shape of a seated human. The vessel opening is wide, with a the face of a figure on the neck of the jar. The figure's arms curl from its body to touch its knees, forming the vessel's handles. The figure wears a loincloth, and has either hair or a headcloth hanging down its back. The bulges on the upper back and mid-chest can indicate burdens, or perhaps a physical deformity."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"56.224"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Mold-made Chancay redware jar with buff-colored slip in the shape of a seated human. Vessel opening is wide, face of figure is on neck of jar.  Arms curl from body to touch knees, forming handles, but right arm/handle is missing. Figure wears loincloth, has hair or headcloth hanging down back, and has bulges on upper back and in mid-chest, perhaps indicating burdens or some physical deformity (hunchback with single breast?).  One small chip is missing from rim, along with the figure's right arm, and there are some encrustations.___________Chancay (AD 1200-1470)Roughly contemporary with the Chimú culture to the north, the Chancay culture encompassed the central Peruvian coastal valleys of  Huaura, Chancay, Rimac, and Chillón during the Late Intermediate Period.  While the Chancay culture possessed a certain degree of political integration, it was not an organized state. Chancay ceramics are characterized by black painting on a rough matte white slip ground with occasional red accents; vessels are often large and poorly made.  Typical ceramic shapes include egg-shaped jars, face-neck jars of figures holding drinking vessels called \"chinas,\" and the short-armed female figures called \"cuchimilcos.\"  The dry coastal Peruvian desert climate allows for excellent preservation of otherwise perishable organic materials, and Chancay textiles are magnificent, especially in comparison to the rather rough ceramics. Textiles from elite Chancay tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fiber sculptures such as dolls. Fine mesh-like openwork gauze achieved a new level of artistry and skill. Women wore head cloths with complex patterns of snakes and interlocked birds. Many thousands of Chancay textiles are preserved in museums around the world, attesting to their prolific artistic output."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Redware"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Face-neck Effigy Jar"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Ceramics"},"culture":{"label":"Culture","value":"Peru, Chancay"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"ca. 1200-1470"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"213105"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"7 x 4 1/4 inches (17.8 x 10.8 cm)"}}]}