Effigy Vessel

39-20-33

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-33
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chimu
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic | Pigment
Iconography Peanut | Woman
Description

Peanut-Woman. Red ware; red and white paint. Head and arms issuing from side of a peanut, modeled to indicate recumbent human figure within. Tubular spout with ribbon loop handle.

Height 42.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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