Model Pot

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/564

Model pot or dipper with long horizontal conical handle. Modelled manufacture.

  • History Of Use

    Model corn toaster (canchero) used as a grave offering.

  • Narrative

    From a Chau Valley grave lot. Form introduced from the south, at the end of the Cupisnique period


  • Type of Item pot
  • Culture Moche
  • Material clay
  • Measurements height 5.4 cm, width 17.2 cm, depth 10.0 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in La Libertad

  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 800
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2990/0564