Accession No
1939.224 B
Description
Shallow bowl or ladle with bird-head handle and a pair of projections (degenerate tail) opposite. Buff or dull red ware. Exterior (base) has red slip, interior buff slip, with red decoration outlined in black, Inca in character. The bird-head handle rounded.
Place
Americas; South America; Chile; Valdivia
Period
Inca
Source
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [monetary donor]; Cruz Montt, Carlos [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1939.224 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
128mm x 60mm x 152mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Shallow bowl or ladle with bird-head handle and a pair of projections (degenerate tail) opposite. Buff or dull red ware. Exterior (base) has red slip, interior buff slip, with red decoration outlined in black, Inca in character. The bird-head handle rounded.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Auction / Sale)
Obtained at the Sotheby's sale of Carlos Cruz Montt Collection, Lot 35, 15 February 1939. See FR1/1/4 for annotated sales catalogue.
Event Date 15/2/1939
Author: maa
FM:139930
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