- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pedestal bowl, unevenly fired, with bands of press moulded geometric decoration on the pedestal. [ASh [OPS move] 21/03/2016]
- Long description
- Pedestal bowl, unevenly fired, with bands of press moulded geometric decoration on the pedestal. In the base of the cup are perforations. Burnished on the exterior. [ASh [OPS move] 21/03/2016]
- Geographical reference
- 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
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 102 mm, Height: max 180 mm, Diameter 77 mm rim, Weight 440 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.78.69
- 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.
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