Vessel in the Form of a Monkey
Unidentified Chimú Inca maker
Late Chimu, 1300-1475
Terracotta with red slip
Overall: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.3.555
Geography
Place Made: North Coast Peru, Peru, South America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 82, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012
ANTH 23, The Incas, Alan Covey, Spring 2013
ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Spring 2014
ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Spring 2014
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014
ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Winter 2015
ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Winter 2015
ARTH 83, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015
Provenance
Collected by Baron Henri Guillaume Arnous de Riviere (1828-1909), possibly about 1865; Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900); bequeathed to Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912); bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
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