Stirrup spout bottle
- Title:
- Stirrup spout bottle
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- acquired in 1952 by Elton James Dyce, Professor of Agriculture, Cornell University
- Date:
- ca. 1460-1470
- Site:
- Peru
- Location:
- Peru
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1976_003_0005_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 976.3.5
- File Name:
- Anthr1976_003_0005_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Inca
Chimu - Style/Period:
- Inca
Chimú - Work Type:
- bottles
ceramic (material)
pottery (object genre) - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- birds
geometric motifs
inca pottery
chimu pottery - Measurement:
- 17 (centimeters, height)
spout: 1.95 x 4.6 (centimeters, diameter x height) - Description:
- Spout is parallel sided and thinned from inside near lip. Body is almost ovoid. Cross-section
t£ stirrup is almost square. Modelled bird sits on stirrup where spout Is attached. These
latter features are characteristic of Inca Chimu. Vessel was painted red (most is worn off) except
for a horizontal hand just below where stirrup is attached which was painted white with black and red geometric designs. The band consists of a series of identical squares outlined in black with white space separating them, and has a black parallel line above it. Each square is divided diagonally by two parallel black lines. The halves are symmetrical and each contains a right triangle with a stepped hypotenuse
the upper triangle is red and the lower is black. - Bibliography:
- Donnan 1978:340-343
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
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