vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.53
- Description
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Spout-and-handle bottle; tapering spout with flat rim; pedestal base. Design panel on both faces of upper chamber - row of three birds, touching beak to tail; below is row of stepped- fret-and-key motifs; stippled background. Vertical mould seams down sides from spout to base, including handle. Well-burnished. Black.
- Production date
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900-1430 (?)
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1470-1660 (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 centimetres
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Width: 11 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register addition "Chimu".
Register 1941:
Late Chimu style, Peru.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1941
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1941,04.53
