vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.60
- Description
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Jar with flaring spout, pronounced chamber equator and flat base. Spout features head of monkey in low relief; left paw placed on head; arm modelled in the round, functioning as handle; right arm in low relief on chamber surface. Vertical mould seams down sides, including spout. Burnished. Black but much worn off; reddish-grey patching.
- Production date
- 900-1430
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 centimetres
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Width: 15.90 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
- Am1941,04.60
