Ovoid jar with wide neck. Female head at the neck of vessel and body partially in relief below. Face has two vertical marks below outlined eyes, protruding ears. A square baby bag, with child, shown hanging at her back. Applied front hands with triangular decorations touch her cheeks. A middle horizontal band circles the body with triangular motif, with dots in the interior. Square bag has four geometric and horizontal band decorations: triangles with dot in the interior opposite each other, two bands of squares with cross decoration in the interior and stepped motif in lower-left corner. Lenticular motif with horizontal line in interior. Cream slip with black decoration; base undecorated. Molded and hand built ceramic.

• Narrative

  Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.

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• Type of Item vessel
• Culture Chancay
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 29.4 cm, width 18.9 cm, depth 19.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell, Rosemarie L. Tovell
• Received from Susan Moogk, Rosemarie L. Tovell, Peter H.M. Tovell, Patricia Skahan

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• Made in Lima

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• Creation Date between 1000 and 1476
• Collection Date during 1964
• Ownership Date before May 21, 2015
• Acquisition Date on May 21, 2015

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3111/0012