Pot
MOA: University of British Columbia
3083/4
Clay pot with human face in spout neck. Body is round and bulbous, narrowing toward a slightly convex and circular base. Shoulder is decorated with a wide line of raised dots interspersed with a sitting lizard motif. Neck is narrow, shaped into a small human face with protruding ears and features, and hair or a headdress falling to each side. Top flares widely into a thick rim. A large, flat loop handle spans rim to shoulder. Surface is burnished. Well preserved.
- Type of Item pot
- Culture Chimu
- Material clay
- Measurements height 25.5 cm, diameter 20.0 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Wendy Thurston, Anne Lyons
- Received from Wendy Thurston, Anne Lyons
- Made in Peru
- Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
- Ownership Date before October 29, 2014
- Acquisition Date on October 29, 2014
- Item Classes ceramics
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 3083/0004