Accession No
1947.310 B
Description
Anthromorpmophic stirrup-spout vessel of black ware, in the form of a warrior.
Place
Americas; South America; Peru; ?Trujillo
Period
Early Intermediate Period Mochica
Source
Colchester Museum [donor]; Macandrew, Arthur Edwin [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.310 B; MAA: ?Z 42039
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
The catalogue card for 1947.304, which applies to the Colchester Museum accession as a whole, notes that: 'The collection said, on the Colchester label, to come from Chimbote and Trujillo'.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
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: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (References)
(1932). The Colchester & Essex Museum Annual Report, 1931-1932. Colchester: Cullingford & Co., Ltd. pp. 4 & 53.
Event Date 1932
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
1947.310 A-D: 'Four stirrup-spout jars in human form. [...] B. Black warrior [...]'
Event Date 1947
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in G.H.S. Bushnell’s hand notes: ‘Mochica culture, probably Trujillo.'
Event Date 1947
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Anthromorpmophic stirrup-spout vessel of black ware, in the form of a warrior.
Event Date 16/12/2024
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:322548
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