Buff Stirrup Pot
- Title:
- Buff Stirrup Pot
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- ca. 1450-1532 CE
- Site:
- Peru (nation)
- Location:
- Peru (nation)
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0083_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.83
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0083_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Chimu
Inca - Style/Period:
- Chimú
Inca
Late Intermediate Period
Late Horizon - Work Type:
- bridge spouts
pottery (object genre) - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- birds
- Measurement:
- 16 x 13 (maximum) x 4.8 (spout) (centimeters, height x diameter x height)
- Description:
- Buffware. Biconical body with flat base. Bottom of the body & the base are covered with an orange slip. Upper part of the body is defined as a circle by a band of orange-red paint. Four fields are delineated within the circle by cross of red-orange bands. Each field is outlined by black lines & painted cream. The 2 fields from which the stirrup arises are left plain except for a band of chevrons at the widest part. The other fields, slightly larger, are filled with a network of double lines with red-orange dots in the interstices. The stirrup is covered with an orange slip. There are traces of an overlying cream slip. The spout is painted cream & the joint is accentuated with a black double chevron. A thin black line marks the lip of the spout. The stirrups are rectilinear in cross section. The spout has a circular cross section. An applique bird, painted black, occupies one corner formed by the stirrup and spout. The rectilinear cross-section of the stirrup & the applique are Chimu characteristics. The painted decoration is influenced by Inca conventions.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Collection 'Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections' are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Department of Anthropology. Physical artifacts from the Cornell Anthropology Collections were photographed by Cornell University Library in 2012-13 for inclusion in this image collection. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.
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