Blackware double-spout and bridge jar
- Title:
- Blackware double-spout and bridge jar
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- 750-1375 AD
- Site:
- Lambayeque, Peru (department)
- Location:
- Lambayeque, Peru (department)
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0101_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.101
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0101_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Sicani
Lambayeque - Style/Period:
- Lambayeque
Late Intermediate Period
Middle Horizon - Work Type:
- pottery (object genre)
bottles
molding (forming) - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
- Subject:
- bridge spouts
anthropomorphic
male
faces
masks (costume)
roofs
temples (buildings) - Measurement:
- 19.8 x 14.2 (body) (centimeters, height x diameter)
- Description:
- Blackware bottle with straight sided annular base and biconical body. A flattened circle on top of body has incised lines & may be analogous to collar of Sican lord face neck vessels, esp. those of Type I. It shares base form with Type I as well & Sican cultural associations are made by the adornments on the bridge. Double-spout vessels have not yet been seriated as a class. The cornered hat appears more commonly on double spouted vessels, when the Sican lord or related iconography is not incorporated into a tronco-conical spout. The face of the principal figure appears less "mask-like" than on face-necks, as the lower jaw is not wider than the forehead, possibly an "artifact" of not being incorporated in the spout. figure's nose appears more beak like than other Sican Lord depictions in this collection. Early Sican face necks have beaks or beak shaped noses. This vessel may be an imitation of metal prototypes. It shows Wari influence in its shape. The four-cornered hat on the main figure is part of the clothing of a high status Wari male. The strut work on the bridge is thought to be a representation of Lambayeque temple roofing. A rare trace of pink resin-based paint adheres to the bridge.
- Bibliography:
- Catalogue of the Ernst Frank Collection in the Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
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