Black, double bodied whistling pottery vessel. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Black, double bodied whistling pottery vessel. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/03/2016]
Long description: One half of the vessel is a human figure with square hairstyle, and the other an ovoid bottle with plain spout. Both halves are decorated with relief dots and chevrons. They are joined at the top by a horizontal bridge. 2 whistling holes are situated behind the head of the figure. Made in one or two 2 piece vertical moulds. [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 180 mm, Length 180 mm, Width: max 120 mm, Weight 690 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1921.78.38
Research and responses: 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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