Effigy Vessel

39-20-25

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Early Chimu (uncertain) | Middle Chimu (uncertain)
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Man | Throne
Description

Red ware; red and white paint. Figure of a man seated cross-legged on a throne. Wears cape and cuffs; headdress with twin terraces between which is the crescentic battle-axe; large ear-discs with pendant flaps. Stirrup spout, upright part off.

Height 14.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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