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1902.82.8

Ceramic figure

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1902.82.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic figure
Long description
Black pottery figure with flattened head and ear plugs. One arm has broken off at some point in the past and has been fixed back on with glue. [JP 1/11/2001] Description taken from Conservation Card by Robert Pearce, 26/03/2002 - Black pottery figure with flattened head and ear plugs. Human figure of grey clay, burnished. Triangular head with 3 holes through the top centre. Hole below each arm. (Robert Pearce 26/03/2002) [LKG 30/03/2009]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Lima Region Chancay unnamed site of graves
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period
Date made: 1000-1476?, uncertain Archaeological period: Chancay
Date collected
By 1902
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment
Dimensions
Length x Width 177 x 115 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1902.82.8
Research and responses

John Crace Stevens died in 1859, his Auction Rooms by this time were being run by his son, Henry Stevens, see biographies [AP 06/08/2009]

Search terms: Figure, Pottery, Body Art, Death, Religion, Grave Good