Stirrup-Spout Vessel in the Form of a Llama Head

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1100-1472

Press-molded and smudge-fired black terracotta

Overall: 6 11/16 × 5 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (17 × 13.5 × 10.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW

12.3.558

Geography

Place Made: Peru, South America

Period

1000-1400

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

Exhibition History

Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 18, 2005-January 21, 2008.

Oculate Beings and Horrible Birds: Image and Meaning in Ancient Andean Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30, 1999-November 5, 2000, no. 8.

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); bequeathed to present collection, 1912.

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