Accession No

1947.307 B


Description

Human headed jar, red and white.


Place

Americas; South America; Peru; ?Chimbote


Period

Early Intermediate Period Mochica


Source

Colchester Museum [donor]; Macandrew, Arthur Edwin [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1947.307 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

173mm Weight 0.7331kg


Events

Context (Field collection)
The collection said, on the Colchester label, to come from Chimbote and Trujillo.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Other owners)
Collected by Arthur Edwin Macandrew during the 30 years he lived in Peru, where he was the manager of a sugar plantation. He donated his collection to the Colchester Museum in July 1931; the collection was subsequently transferred to MAA in 1947.
Event Date 1931
Author: Dominique Devadason


Context (References)
(1932). The Colchester & Essex Museum Annual Report, 1931-1932. Colchester: Cullingford & Co., Ltd. pp. 4 & 53.
Event Date 1932
Author: Dominique Devadason


Description (Physical description)
Two human head jars, red and white.
Event Date 1947
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in G.H.S. Bushnell’s hand reads: 'Probably Chimbote'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Human headed jar, red and white.
Event Date 5/9/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:281356

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