Terracotta jar with flared conical body and a flat base, a stepped shoulder and a human face on the spout. The face consists of two eyes on either side of a central nose with a double nose ring, and an ear with a ring as well (one of the ears has broken off). The features are applied to the vertical rim of the spout, just below the lip. Below this, the neck of the vessel narrows to the stepped shoulder. There are traces of faded black linear and curvilinear negative decoration all around the stepped shoulder and on the rim on the side opposite the face. There are flecks of white (unintentional?) on the shoulder on the side opposite the face, as well as a long crack extending down the body. Well preserved.

• Narrative

  The vessel form shows possible influence from the Manteno culture of Ecuador.

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• Type of Item jar
• Culture Chimu
• Material clay
• Measurements height 29.2 cm, diameter 23.5 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
• Received from Erika H. Sawyer

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• Made in Peru

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• Creation Date between 700 and 1350
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 2990/0039