1921.78.61

Collection type

Object

Description

Ovoid vessel with a spout and a handle attached to the side. [ASh [OPS move] 21/03/2016]

Long description

Ovoid vessel with a spout and a handle attached to the side. On each side is a panel of press-moulded decoration featuring a struggle between a man and a fish on a dotted ground. [ASh [OPS move] 21/03/2016]

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: max 160 mm, Diameter: max 125 mm, Diameter 23 mm spout, Weight 300 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1921.78.61

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]

Purchased by J.H. Spottiswoode in the Pacasmayo region [BM correspondence]

Associated publications

Collection published in Mowat, Linda. 1988. `The Chimu Potter: Mass-Producer or Master Craftsman?' MEG Newsletter 22:1-33.

Search terms: Pottery, Vessel, Figure, Fish Figure