Vessel in the Form of a Bird

Unidentified Chimú maker

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Late Chimu, 1300-1475

Mold-made terracotta

Overall: 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (19 × 12 cm)

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

56.12.13568

Geography

Place Made: North Coast 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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