Ovoid pottery vessel of black ware with narrow neck and single strap handle. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ovoid pottery vessel of black ware with narrow neck and single strap handle. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]
Long description: Ovoid vessel with narrow neck and single strap handle. The rim has been modelled to resemble a bird's head, and the body is decorated with geometric patterns in relief. Made in a 2 piece vertical mould, the same mould as for 1921.78.2. [LM 1986]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; La Libertad Region Trujillo Province
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source J.H. Spottiswoode; PRM source John Roderick Charles Herbert-Spottiswoode; PRM source British Museum
Date / Period: Date made: 1000-1476 Archaeological period: Chimu
Date collected: By 1921
Acquisition information: Donated: 1921
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Moulded, Process Burnished
Dimensions: Diameter 57 mm Rim, Diameter: max 190 mm, Height 194 mm, Width: max 175 mm, Weight 750 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.78.1
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Joyce, British Museum, to Balfour, dated 31 August 1921: 'The pots are the gift of J.H. Spottiswoode ... There is no information accompanying them, but it is evident that the Great majority come from the Truxillo region & belong to the late Chimu period. ...' Also condition reports and other research information gathered by LMC, undated. [See file for full texts.] [MOB 20/11/2001]
Associated publications: Collection published in Mowat, Linda. 1988. `The Chimu Potter: Mass-Producer or Master Craftsman?' MEG Newsletter 22:1-33.

Search terms: Pottery, Figure, Vessel, Bird Figure

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