Vessel with Architectural Motif
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:La Libertad region, Peru
General region:South America
Culture: Viru
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: ca. 200 B.C.
Medium: Earthenware with slip
Dimensions:
h. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); w. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay A. Duff
Object number: 2004.25.5
Provenance: with Mr. and Mrs. Linsday A. Duff, Kerrville, TX by 2004; by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2004
Label Text
Vessels fashioned in the form of architecture have a long tradition within Andean societies. In some cases they may represent a style of building rather than a specific structure. This vessel depicts one such style in the open, gable-roofed building, in which a human figure sits looking out. Attached by a handle to this is a three-tiered pyramidal structure. One can imagine that this handle may have been a visual link between the activities that took place in both buildings. The base of the vessel creates the platform on which the structures were built. Many vessels of this type functioned as a whistle, with sound produced by blowing into the spout or tilting it from side to side when filled with water. (Bernadette Cap, 2021)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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