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Sun Deity Vessel with Loop Handle (Pre-Incan)
1000 - 1466 CE11th-15th century
7 1/4 in. x 4 3/4 in. x 6 in. (18.42 cm x 12.07 cm x 15.24 cm)
Chimú, Peruvian, (1000–1466)
Object Type:
Pre-Columbian
Medium and Support:
Blackware
Credit Line:
Gift of William O. Gross Jr.
Accession Number:
1991.016
Object Description
Brown/black effigy jug with loop handle. Personage with animal-like hind quarters leaning over top of jug wearing sun ray helmet with face of sun god on it. Personage holds a serpent which is being eaten by a fish-like being, or may be a fish on a line. Important piece but with spout missing and handle has been glued on. Gross No. 252 PE. Item #2, page 8 (dining room) of Gross Inventory dated 7/7/88. NOTE from W. O. Gross, Jr. - recommend that spout be restored. Black coloration was applied as a stain, not oxidation. Black wares were used for funerary pieces. (Non-black wares were used for domestic purposes)
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- Ancient Americas in a New Light , 2/26/2022 - 8/20/2022
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