Stirrup-Spout Vessel in the Form of a Llama Head
Unidentified Chimú maker
1100-1472
Press-molded and smudge-fired black terracotta
Overall: 6 11/16 × 5 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (17 × 13.5 × 10.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.3.558
Geography
Place Made: Peru, South America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Winter 2013
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014
Exhibition History
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 18, 2005-January 21, 2008.
Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 8.
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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