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
    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
    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