Model Pot
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/564
Model pot or dipper with long horizontal conical handle. Modelled manufacture.
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History Of Use
Model corn toaster (canchero) used as a grave offering.
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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