Accession No

1921.766


Description

Phytomorphic vessel shaped like a gourd with a hole in the side, made from a mould or gourd. Globular body with concave base and curved neck; edges of hole are rounded, no rim; red fabric with white slip. Cracks from side of hole.


Place

Americas; South America; Peru


Period

Late Intermediate Period Chimu


Source

British Museum [donor]; Spottiswoode, J. H. [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1921.766


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

200mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: North Peru
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Acquisition Details)
J.H. Spottiswoode purchased his collection in the Pacasmayo region during a visit to Peru. In 1921 he gave the collection to the British Museum, who retained some of it and dispersed the rest to other museums, including MAA. See archive (Doc.564) for correspondence.
Event Date 1921
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (Related Documents)
Original catalogue card has sketch.
Event Date 1921
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Vase of uncoloured ware in form of gourd, with hole in its side'
Event Date 1921
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
Item examined by Linda Mowat in September 1987; see Publication. She also says that the mould was made from the vegetable.
Event Date 9/1987
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Mowat, L. (1988). 'The CHIMU POTTER: MASS-PRODUCER OR MASTERCRAFTSMAN? Some thoughts based on the Spottiswoode Collection'. Museum Ethnographers Group Newsletter, 22. pp. 1-33, Pl. 3
Event Date 1988
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Mould-made vessel of uncoloured ware in form of gourd, with hole in its side. Mould taken from a gourd.
Event Date 1/12/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Phytomorphic vessel shaped like a gourd with a hole in the side, made from a mould or gourd. Globular body with concave base and curved neck; edges of hole are rounded, no rim; red fabric with white slip. Cracks from side of hole.
Event Date 4/12/2024
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:137163

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