vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.68
- Description
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Double-chambered stirrup spout bottle with round-profiled stirrup and straight spout. Chambers portray pair of squash with curving stems; two protruberances either side on stirrup, and single pierced lug at spout base. Mould seams barely detectable, but run vertically down sides including stirrup spout. Single set used for both chambers, then stalk ends added. Polished. Black.
- Production date
- 1430-1660
- Dimensions
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Height: 16.50 centimetres
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Width: 21 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
- Am1941,04.68
