Jar

A hollow burnished mould-made jar. It depicts the supernatural power of fertility in nature - we see the face of a female deity with a maize cob headdress. The deity’s arms and naked body are clear to see at the front of the vessel. The jar’s body is also decorated in the form of the pacay legume (Inga feuilleei).

Accessions register: “Pottery vessels found in Peru by Dr John Campion, uncle of the late Henry Campion JP.”

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
90/1936/1/1
Collection Class
Containers
Collection Area Region
South America
Material
blackware pottery | | | |
Common Name
jar
Simple Name
jar
Production Town
Production County
north coast
Production Country
Peru
Production Person Initials
Production Person Surname
Production Year Low
700
Production Year High
1100

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single chamber figure and spout jar