South America to 1700
Comprising over four hundred objects—predominately pottery, metalwork, and textiles produced by the early cultures of South America—this collection includes objects from the Chancay, Chimu, Cupisnique, Moche, Huari, Inca, Pachamac, Muisca, Nasca, Paracas, Tairona, Vicus, and Lambayeque peoples.
Unidentified Wari (Huari) maker
Face-Neck Vessel in the Form of a Bird's Head
Middle Horizon Period (500-1000)
12.3.553
Unidentified Chimú maker
Stirrup-Spout Vessel in the Form of a Llama Head
1100-1472
12.3.558
Unidentified Chimú maker
Miniature Bottle, part of Miniature Funerary Weaver's Kit
1425-1475
157.37.14083
Unidentified Moche (Mochica) maker
Stirrup-spout Vessel depicting Supernatural Marine Creatures
Moche phase IV (250-750)
180.25.25936
Unidentified Moche (Mochica) maker
Stirrup-spout Vessel in the form of a Fox eating a Mouse
400-600
180.25.25939
Unidentified Vicús maker
Double-chambered bridge-and-spout Vessel with Monkey Figure
Early Intermediate Period (200-600)
2008.4.12
![Drinking Vessel [Kero]](https://hood.resourcespace.com/filestore/hood/5/1/7/5_288438a1c10f6fc/5715ccu_9fb0dbc701c31d0.jpg?v=1643305604)
Unidentified Tiwanaku maker
Drinking Vessel [Kero]
500-1000
2008.4.17
Unidentified Chancay maker
Striped Animal Figure with Small Animal on its Back
Late Intermediate Period (1100-1450)
2008.4.2
Unidentified Cupisnique maker
Stirrup Spout Vessel
Initial Period (1200-200 BCE)
2008.4.8
![Drinking Vessel [Kero] with Rattle Base](https://hood.resourcespace.com/filestore/hood/7/7/7/5_f88a343d425308e/5777ccu_e00231aba6e7a7f.jpg?v=1643404522)
Unidentified Sicán (Lambayeque) maker
Drinking Vessel [Kero] with Rattle Base
Late Intermediate Period (900-1100)
2008.4.9
Unidentified Inca maker
Khipu (Quipu)
after 1000
43.4.8575
Unidentified Moche (Mochica) maker
Stirrup-spout Vessel in the form of a Man Applying Treatment to a Rash on his Posterior
200-500
56.12.13566
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
Single-spout Bottle in the Form of a Hooded Figure (one of a pair)
Early Nasca, 100-200, Dawson Phase 2
987.48.26884
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
Single-spout Bottle in the form of a Hooded Figure (one of a pair)
Early Nasca, 100-200, Dawson Phase 2
987.48.26885
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
Bowl with a Band of Hummingbirds
Early Nasca, 250-350, Dawson Phase 3
987.48.26886
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
Bowl in the form a Feline
Early Nasca, 200-300
987.48.26895
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
Face-Neck Bottle or Flask in the Form of a Person wearing a Striped Tunic
Early Nasca, 350-400
987.48.26897
Unidentified Paracas maker
Bowl Depicting a band of Mythical Spiked Creatures
600 BCE-1 CE
987.48.26898
Unidentified Paracas maker
Mummy Mask Textile Decorated with an Oculate Being
600 BCE-100 CE
987.48.26899
Unidentified Nasca (Nazca) maker
Bowl with Sling Motif
Early Nasca, 300-400
999.18.30479
Unidentified Early Moche (Mochica) maker
Stirrup-Spout Vessel in the form of a Seated Monkey
200 BCE-300 CE
c.975.90
Unidentified Spanish Colonial (Cuenca, Ecuador) artist, Ecuadorian, 18th century
Madonna and Child (Nursing Madonna)
18th century
p.998.15.2
Unidentified Cuzco School artist, Peruvian, active 16th-18th centuries
Holy Trinity Crowning the Virgin
18th century
p.998.15.3
Unidentified Quito School artist, Ecuadorian, 18th century
Creche Figure of Saint Joseph
18th century
s.998.15.4
Unidentified Quito School artist, Ecuadorian, 18th century
Creche Figure of the Virgin Mary
18th century
s.998.15.5