vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.66
- Description
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Double-chambered bottle; chambers with pronounced shoulders, straight spout and vertically-oriented bridge. Closed spout depicts human figure in conical helmet with strap(?) passing down underneath chin and geometric patterning. Figures limbs broken off. Pattern of triangles on bridge. Vertical mould seams down centre of front and back (relative to figure), so single mould-set used; includes spouts and bridge. Figure limbs would have been modelled and applied. Burnished. Black.
- Production date
- 1430-1660
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.60 centimetres
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Width: 18 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
- Am1941,04.66
