1921.78.20

Collection type

Object

Description

Large globular vessel with pierced lugs on shoulders and narrow flaring neck modelled with a face. [LM 1986]

Long description

Large globular vessel with pierced lugs on shoulders and narrow flaring neck modelled with a face. The front of the vessel is decorated with a panel of press-moulded birds on a dotted ground; the back is plain. Burnish very worn. 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

Diameter: max 195 mm, Diameter 77 mm rim, Height 245 mm, Weight 1150 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1921.78.20

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: Figure, Pottery, Vessel, Bird Figure