Double Vessel with one spout in the form of a Bird's Head
Unidentified Chimú maker
Chimu, 1100-1470
Press-molded black terracotta
Overall: 5 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (14 × 11.5 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.3.559
Geography
Place Made: North Coast, Peru, South America
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Exhibition History
Arts Education Services, Peter Smith Studio, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College Museum and Galleries, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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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