Red on white moldmade monkey bottle
- Title:
- Red on white moldmade monkey bottle
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- ca. 1500 CE
- Site:
- Peru (nation)
- Location:
- Peru (nation)
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0082_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.82
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0082_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Chimu
Inca - Style/Period:
- Late Intermediate Period
Late Horizon
Chimú
Inca - Work Type:
- pottery (object genre)
bottles - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- monkeys (animals)
stripes - Measurement:
- 18 x 17.5 (centimeters, height x length)
- Description:
- Body in shape of American football. Buff ware with glittery temper & cream slip. A monkey with legs & tail in low relief and head in the full round surmounts the vessel. Spout extends upwards from his back and a handle goes from the middle of the spout to the area above the monkey's tail. The upper half of the vessel is decorated with broad bands of red paint. A painted band marks the pot's equator. Seven vertical stripes run from this equator to the base of the spout. Two vertical stripes run the length of the spout. Three horizontal stripes decorate the handle. Monkey is red. There is an ovoid base.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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