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Chancay

Double chambered bottle

Chancay, 1099-1419

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Chancay

Double chambered bottle

Chancay, 1099-1419

Physical Qualities Earthenware, 11 × 8 11/16 × 3 1/8 in. (28 × 22 × 8 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of John C. Hobbes, Mobile, Alabama
Object Number 2001.430
Chancay describes a culture and pottery style of the Late Intermediate Period (ca. AD 1000-1300) Peruvian coast. Chancay potters mass-produced mold-made effigy vessels, hollow figurines of female dignitaries ("cuchimilcos"), and double/triple-chambered bottles with figural attachments. One signature pottery sub-style is black-on-white, of which this example is typical (watery white slip, faded black paint appears blue).
Collected in Peru in the 1950s, at Chancay, purchased from a 'huaquero' who dug it up, according to donor.

Culture

Chancay

2000–2000

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