OJAC Collection - Sun Deity Vessel with Loop Handle (Pre-Incan)

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Sun Deity Vessel with Loop Handle (Pre-Incan)

1000 - 1466 CE
11th-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, Animal, Deity, Funerary, Pre-Columbian, Vessel