Stirrup-spout vessel in human form
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Stanley Selengut (an importer of Andean crafts) in 1966 using funds donated by Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987, a New York City physician, philanthropist, and art collector) and his wife Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (1919-2019).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1300–200 BC (Formative period)
- Catalog Number
- 23/8956
- Barcode
- 238956.000
- Culture/People
- probably Chavín or Cupisnique (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Stanley Selengut, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Stanley Selengut, Non-Indian
- Presenter/funding source
- Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Non-Indian, 1913-1987
- Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler), Non-Indian, 1919-2019
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Stirrup-spout vessel in human form
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled, punctate
- Place
- Chicama; Chicama; Ascope Province; La Libertad Region; Peru
- See related items
- Chavín (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Record ID
- NMAI_254497
