Face-Neck Vessel in the Form of a Bird's Head
Unidentified Wari (Huari) maker
Middle Horizon Period (500-1000)
Terracotta with red, black, and white slip
Overall: 4 3/4 × 4 5/16 in. (12 × 11 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.3.553
Geography
Place Made: Central Coast, Peru, South America
Period
500-1000
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
ANTH 50.50, Archaeology of Food, Jiajing Wang, Spring 2022
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), 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
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