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Chimú

Ceremonial bottle with attached monkey figure

Chimú, 1000-1499

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Chimú

Ceremonial bottle with attached monkey figure

Chimú, 1000-1499

Physical Qualities Earthenware, reduced black, 9 1/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23 × 16 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Sonia Gordon, Baltimore
Object Number 1999.195
Stirrup-spout vessel with a monkey at the joint of the spout; upper surface of vessel decorated with four areas of raised dots, each with a crescent or scroll, alternating.
Purchased by donor in Peru (either Cuzco or Lima) in 1972.

Culture

Chimú

2000–2000

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