Double-chambered effigy whistle vessel
- Title:
- Double-chambered effigy whistle vessel
- Collection:
- Selections from the Cornell Anthropology Collections
- Donor:
- Ernst Frank
- Date:
- 200 BC-AD 500
- Site:
- Piura, Piura, Peru (inhabited place)
- Location:
- Piura, Piura, Peru (inhabited place)
- Country:
- Peru
- ID Number:
- Anthr1986_001_0040_01
- Old Catalog Number:
- 986.1.40
- File Name:
- Anthr1986_001_0040_01.jpg
- Culture:
- Vicús
- Style/Period:
- Early Intermediate Period
Early Horizon - Work Type:
- pottery (object genre)
bottles
whistles - Materials/Techniques:
- ceramic (material)
paint - Subject:
- vegetables
effigies (general portraits)
figures (representations)
anthropomorphic - Measurement:
- 20.2 x 24 (centimeters, height x length)
- Description:
- The chambers are connected by a double bridge. The front chamber is a human effigy whose cap resembles a glans penis with a small hole in the top. The vessel is painted orange on black in concentric bands, wavy lines & dots. It was then stippled with cream colored paint. Double parallel orange lines across nose & cheeks, representing some sort of face paint or tattooing.
- Archival Collection:
- Precolumbian Peruvian textiles and ceramics
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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