Stirrup spout vessel of blackware pottery in the shape of a monkey holding a fruit or nut. [LM 1986]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stirrup spout vessel of blackware pottery in the shape of a monkey holding a fruit or nut. [LM 1986]
Long description: Stirrup spout vessel in the shape of a monkey holding a fruit or nut. Small modelled bird at base of spout. Made in a 2 piece vertical mould. [LM 1986]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; La Libertad Region Trujillo Province
Person: Field collector J.H. Spottiswoode; Field collector John Roderick Charles Herbert-Spottiswoode; 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: Height 188 mm, Diameter: max 110 mm, Width: max 156 mm, Diameter 22 mm spout, Weight 510 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.78.15
Research and responses: Purchased by J.H. Spottiswoode in the Pacasmayo region [BM correspondence]
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, Animal Figure, Bird Figure