Single chamber and spout
This ancient Peruvian vessel has an horizontal annular ring-shaped body. The water vessel is decorated with marine animal motifs. Its flared spout shape projects at an upwards angle. A Chimu potter fired multiple vessels like this one in a huge kiln and smothered it. The reduced oxygen changed the colour of the vessel to a grey/dark grey.
Annotation in Accession register: “Dug up from Aztec grave about 1839. Mexico.”
Annotation in Accession register: “Dug up from Aztec grave about 1839. Mexico.”
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 49/1949/108
- Collection Class
- Containers
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- blackware pottery
- Common Name
- single chamber and spout
- Simple Name
- bottle
- Inscription Transcription
- PREHISTORIC CHIMO STH AMERICA
- Production Country
- Peru
- Production Date
- early Chimu
- Production Year Low
- 700
- Production Year High
- 1100
