vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.73
- Description
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Spout-and-handle bottle; flaring spout, flattish chamber and flat base. Design panels covering both faces; one features standing frontal human figure in toothed crescent headdress and fringed loincloth with upheld arms; bordered by band of bird motifs oriented on their backs; stippled background. Other face features stippled panel bordered by band of diagonal rows of volutes. Incised markings on handle at spout join - parallel lines. Vertical mould seams down sides including spout but handle looks added. Smooth areas are well-burnished. Black.
- Production date
- 900-1430
- Dimensions
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Height: 20.30 centimetres
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Width: 13.60 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
- Am1941,04.73
