Vessel in the Form of a Monkey

Unidentified Chimú Inca maker

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Late Chimu, 1300-1475

Terracotta with red slip

Overall: 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)

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

12.3.555

Geography

Place Made: North Coast Peru, Peru, South America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Pottery

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 82, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2012

ANTH 23, The Incas, Alan Covey, Spring 2013

ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Spring 2014

ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Spring 2014

ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014

ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Winter 2015

ANTH 12.4, Your Inner Chimpanzee, Kes Schroer, Winter 2015

ARTH 83, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015

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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