Vessel
- Description
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This vessel was made by potters of the Kingdom of Chimor, Peru between 1100 - 1430 AD. Chimu ceramics were produced on a large scale either for offerings at burials or for daily use. They often depict people, mystical beings or animals such as this one showing a ferocious cat.
- Accession Loan No.
- E1505
- Collection Class
- Ethnography
- Common Name
- vessel
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- Chimu Vessel
- Production Year Low
- 1100
- Production Year High
- 1430
- Production Country
- Kingdom of Chimor,
Peru
- Material
- Black ceramic