Feline shaped vessel. Cat sits with front paws out straight, rear paws to one side. Lenticular eyes, round ears, open mouth showing canines, opening on back of head and curved tail. (Front and rear paws appear to be fragments from a different ceramic; opening on back of head appears to have previously been part of a stirrup spout pot?) Broken; partially repaired. Part b is a black fragment, from the body.

• Cultural Context

  Possilby a reproduction.

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• Type of Item vessel
• Culture Moche
• Material clay, plaster
• Measurements height 15.0 cm, width 22.9 cm, depth 15.2 cm (part a) height 5.7 cm, width 5.1 cm, depth 0.7 cm (part b)

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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 101 BCE and 800
• 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 poor
• Accession Number 2990/0896 a-b