Vessel with a Relief of a Person wearing a Crescent Headdress

Unidentified Chimú maker

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Chimu, 1000-1470

Black terracotta, Press-molded

Overall: 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (14 × 12 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937

56.12.13570

Geography

Place Made: Coastal region, Peru, South America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Acquired in Peru by Richard John MacCornack (1914-1998), Boulder, Colorado, about 1938; given to present collection, 1956.

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