Vessel with a Relief of a Person wearing a Crescent Headdress
Unidentified Chimú maker
Chimu, 1000-1470
Black terracotta, Press-molded
Overall: 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (14 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Richard J. MacCornack, Class of 1937
56.12.13570
Geography
Place Made: Coastal 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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