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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