Animal Effigy

39-20-44

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-44
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Middle Chimu (uncertain)
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Red ware; red and white paint. Flanged flat base; triangular body; flaring neck, set at an angle. Figures mostly in low relief with supplementary painting. Large frog-like head with fangs; crocodile with shield and spear; man with a drum?; eel monster issuing from a conch shell; death's head figure; predatory fishes.

Height 32 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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