vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.58
- Description
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Spout-and-handle bottle with short straight spout and flat base. Upper portion of chamber split into four design panels with stippled backgrounds; each face features a coiled eel-like creature and a bird with serrated wings; bird lug on chamber side opposite handle. Vertical mould seams down chamber sides, well-smoothed; spout and handle added(?). Polished but worn. Black; substantial reddish-fired patch on one side.
- Production date
- 900-1430
- Dimensions
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Height: 19.40 centimetres
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Width: 15.60 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
- Am1941,04.58
