Blackware double-chambered whistling effigy vessel
- Title:
- Blackware double-chambered whistling effigy vessel
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- ca. 900-1370 CE
- Site:
- Moche, La Libertad, Peru (river)
Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru (inhabited place) - Location:
- Moche, La Libertad, Peru (river)
Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru (inhabited place) - Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0057_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.57
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0057_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Lambayeque
- Style/Period:
- Chimú
Late Intermediate Period - Work Type:
- effigies (general portraits)
bottles
bridge spouts - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- anthropomorphic
- Measurement:
- 14.7 x 19.7 (centimeters, height x length)
- Description:
- Effigy of cross-legged seated man makes up the body of the front chamber, while the back chamber is a simple globular shape with a long, high tapering spout characteristic of the Lambayeque period/culture. Man is wearing a sqare cap, with an x-design on the forehead, and a wimple/veil that ties beneath the chin, with tassles. He also wears a diagonal sash from right shoulder to left waist. It is of the wide bridge type, joining the back of the effigy's neck to the base of the spout, with strong Wari influence. Holes for the whistle are located at the top right corner of the effigy's whimple and at back of head where the bridge handle emerges.
- Bibliography:
- Master-craftsmen of Peru,-Alan Sawyer, p. 77., no. 616.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
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