Handled jar

Collected before 1860, this pot was taken from a burial site. Handled jars are common vessels but their function beyond being a water container is unclear. Two key motifs are depicted, both of which relate to the sea and are indicators of great social and political change.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
A611
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Containers
Collection Area Region
S
Material
blackware pottery
Common Name
handled jar
Simple Name
handled jar
Production Town
near Trujillo
Production County
North coast
Production Country
Peru
Production Year Low
1470
Production Year High
1532

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handled jar