Pot

Museum number:
4-4708
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Effigy pot in the shape of a human figure holding a jiquima plant in his right hand and another plant in his left. The nose eyes, ears, and mouth are modeled. Height 16.4 cm.; maximum body diameter 10.3 cm.; diameter of the opening 4.5 cm. Painted in six colors. The face is orange, the headdress black, the hands and feet purple, and the shirt border dark orange. Most of the body is white; grey is used for some of the stripes down the back. About one half of the surface, mainly on the back, has spalled off. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 25a.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 6, Ocucaje Site F, Ica Valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ocucaje, Site F: Grave 6
Culture or time period:
Early Intermediate Period 3C, ancient Peru and Nazca culture (100 BC–800 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot, accession number 4-4708, described as Effigy pot in the shape of a human figure holding a jiquima plant in his right hand and another plant in his left. The nose eyes, ears, and mouth are modeled. Height 16.4 cm.; maximum body diameter 10.3 cm.; diameter of the opening 4.5 cm. Painted in six colors. The face is orange, the headdress black, the hands and feet purple, and the shirt border dark orange. Most of the body is white; grey is used for some of the stripes down the back. About one half of the surface, mainly on the back, has spalled off. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 25a.

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