Blackware stirrup spout bottle with monkeys
- Title:
- Blackware stirrup spout bottle with monkeys
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- ca. 1100-1470
- 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_0061_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.61
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0061_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Nazca
- Style/Period:
- Chimú
Late Intermediate Period - Work Type:
- bottles
bridge spouts
pottery (object genre) - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- foxes (animals)
monkeys (animals)
Canis familiaris (species) - Measurement:
- 23.2 x 14.1 (centimeters, height x diameter)
- Description:
- "Two monkeys at the base of each branch of the spout and a Classic Chimu bird and lug at the angle of the spout." - Monica Barnes, original cataloger - possibly describing a different vessel? Two elongated figures are wrapped around the shoulder of the vessel. Long tapering noses are flattened at the end. Large bulging circular eyes is typical of animals and humans in Chimu ceramics. Three narrow bands on the animals' noses may represent wrinkles, as do four incised chevrons on the animals upper backs. These characteristics suggest that the animals should be identified as either foxes or hairless dogs. At the base of the spout atop the stirrup is a monkey.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
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