Context (Field collection)
The Colchester Museum label read that the collection was from Chimbote and Trujillo.
Event Date
Author: Dominique Devadason

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)
Metal flasks, apparently of base silver or copper with a wash of fine silver on the surface. Made in 3 parts, top and bottom of body and neck.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in G.H.S. Bushnell's hand reads: 'Probably Chimu, Chimbote'.
Event Date 1947
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Related Documents)
Original card has drawing
Event Date 1947
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Maudslay Gallery Chimu Case until 1985
Event Date 1985
Author: Dominique Devadason

Description (Physical description)
Both objects have something loose in the base which rattles - one which came out of 'A' appears to be a small disc-shaped object of silver.
Event Date 12/8/2003
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Analysis)
This vessel shares some features with a 'Miniature Bottle' from Peru, as photographed by The Met (1964) in 'Miniature Bottle: 64.228.421', https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/308932.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason

Description (Physical description)
Silver alloy miniature bottle. Simple rim; flaring neck, with vertical seam; biconical globular body, horizontal joining seam visible; rounded base; possibly two metal disks rattle inside the body. Surface has a tarnished silver hue; body has some indents and material loss on the rim.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason