Monochrome whistling double effigy vessel
- Title:
- Monochrome whistling double effigy vessel
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- ca. 1470-1550 CE
- Site:
- Moche, La Libertad, Peru (river)
- Location:
- Moche, La Libertad, Peru (river)
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0073_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.73
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0073_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Chimu
Inca - Style/Period:
- Chimú
Inca
Late Horizon - Work Type:
- bottles
bridge spouts
whistles
frogs - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
- Subject:
- felidae
effigies (general portraits)
zoomorphic - Description:
- Red monochrome (orangeware?) mold-made double vessel. The front part is a hairless dog astride a toad, perhaps engaged in sexual intercourse. The wrinkled face and body are characteristics of the breed of hairless dogs. The front of the vessel is connected to an elegant long-necked bottle. Functioning whistle.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
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