Chancay
Standing figure
Chancay, 1099-1419
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, white and brown pigment, 7 3/16 × 5 1/4 × 2 11/16 in. (18.2 × 13.3 × 6.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan H. Dana and Children, Columbia, Maryland
Object Number
1999.603
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).