Blackware stirrup-spout bottle with fruit
- Title:
- Blackware stirrup-spout bottle with fruit
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Laura Holmberg
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1999_003_0001_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 999.3.1
- File Name:
- Anthr1999_003_0001_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Chimu (?)
- Work Type:
- pottery (object genre)
bottles - Subject:
- fruit
birds - Measurement:
- 22.6 x 15.8 (centimeters, height x diameter)
- Description:
- black earthenware
large handle at the top which is hollow
small spout at the top of the handle
spout alligned directly over the center of the main part of the jar
10 raised fruit are design directly added to the main part of the jar
"stems" also added going from the fruit to the top center of the jar
molded to the spout and the handle is a likeness of a fish head
polished hole runs through this fish head suggesting that a string could have gone through to allow for hanged storage - Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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