Accession No
1947.352 B
Description
Pottery zoomorphic figurine, possibly in form of a dog. Red ware with white and black paint; circular eyes with incised contour; perforation through neck; incised feet.
Place
Americas; South America; Peru; ?Trujillo; ?Chimbote
Period
?Early Intermediate Period ?Mochica
Source
Colchester Museum [donor]; Macandrew, Arthur Edwin [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1947.352 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
42mm
Events
Context (Other owners)
Collected by Arthur Edwin Macandrew during 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: Jodi Zhang
Context (References)
(1932). The Colchester & Essex Museum Annual Report, 1931-1932. Colchester: Cullingford & Co., Ltd. pp. 4 & 53.
Event Date 1932
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Analysis)
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 1947
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card in G.H.S. Bushnell’s hand reads: ‘perhaps Mochica’.
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1947.352 A-F: 'Six redware models of dogs painted in black and white.'
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Pottery zoomorphic figurine, possibly in form of a dog. Red ware with white and black paint; circular eyes with incised contour; perforation through neck; incised feet.
Event Date 17/12/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:322562
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