Animal effigy blackware pilgrim flask
- Title:
- Animal effigy blackware pilgrim flask
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- 1100-1470 CE
- Site:
- Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru
- Location:
- Trujillo, La Libertad, Peru
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0065_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.65
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0065_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Chimu
- Style/Period:
- Chimú
Late Intermediate Period - Work Type:
- pottery (object genre)
pilgrim bottles
jugs (vessels) - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
- Subject:
- zoomorphic
Lama glama (species) - Measurement:
- 16.8 x 14.4 (nose to side) (centimeters, height x length)
- Description:
- Blackware vessel with a body shaped like that of a pilgrim flask, with conical jar spout and one strap handle Flattened, but still rounded base. An animal head with an elongated snout is applied to the vessel opposite the handle. On the snout are three, ridged bands, possibly representing nose-ropes (i.e. the animal may be a llama). Animal has bulging eyes typical of Chimu ceramics. Head is split by the mold seam which is still visible. Two legs appear in relief on either side of the flask. There is an incised narrow striped band running diagonally across the top of the strap handle.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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