Conch shell form, blackware jar, open at the top. The jar is pointed at each side, like a conical shell, and there are rounded protuberances spiraling around the shell form. There are three chips around the lip of the rim.

• Narrative

  This object is from territory formerly controlled by the Chimu & areas to which the Inca transferred Chimu groups.

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• Type of Item jar
• Culture Inca, Chimu
• Material clay
• Measurements height 15.5 cm, width 28.7 cm, depth 15.5 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 1476 and 1534
• 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 fair
• Accession Number 2990/0086