1884.62.6

Collection type

Object

Description

Large finely-moulded red ware pot, representing a man with round hat and earrings, arms and legs painted white. [SM (Verve) 21/1/2016]

Geographical reference

Ecuador

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Ecuador

Peru

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Moche, uncertain Date made: circa 100 - 800, uncertain

Date collected

By 1874

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Painted

Dimensions

Height: max 329 mm, Width: max 210 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.62.6 Other numbers: 274 Other numbers: 1 PR Cat other PR nos: 2784

Research and responses

"Old Development Series' appears to relate to displays in the Anthropological Institute, from which Pitt-Rivers bought objects in 1881 (see 1884.62.10 and 1884.62.13). I have updated the 'Other Owners' accordingly [Dan Hicks 20/09/2012]

Associated publications

Referred to on page 366 of 'South America', by Bill Sillar and Dan Hicks, in World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum: A Characterization, edited by Dan Hicks and Alice Stevenson (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2013), pp. 358-382. Sillar and Hicks write: ‘There are also 3 ceramic vessels and a ceramic head from graves in Tumbes Region (1884.40.49, 1884.62.6, 1884.67.9, 1884.67.14) – one of which (1884.62.6) is recorded as having formed part of Pitt- Rivers’ purchases from the collection of the Anthropological Institute in 1881’. [MJD (Verve) 7/1/2016]

Search terms: Vessel, Figure, Pottery, Death, Religion, Grave Good