Effigy Jar in the form of a Bird eating a Fruit (possibly a Lucuma)
Unidentified Inca maker
late Pre-Conquest, early 1500s
Terracotta, mold-made with slip
Overall: 6 11/16 × 7 1/16 × 3 15/16 in. (17 × 18 × 10 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937
56.12.13564
Geography
Place Made: North Coast Region, Peru, South America
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Pottery
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 23, The Incas, Alan Covey, Spring 2013
ANTH 24, Early Civilizations of the Andes, Alan Covey, Spring 2014
Provenance
Acquired in Peru by Richard John MacCornack (1914-1998), Boulder, Colorado, about 1938; given to present collection, 1956.
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