Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Aquilla (metal beaker)

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Aquilla (metal beaker),

1300–1500

Chimú
Late Intermediate Period
2021-240

Information

Title
Aquilla (metal beaker)
Dates

1300–1500

Medium
Silver (possibly copper-silver alloy)
Dimensions
h. 14.3 × diam. 10.2 cm (5 5/8 × 4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Fund
Object Number
2021-240
Place Made

South America, Peru, North coast, Chicama Valley

Culture
Chimú
Period
Late Intermediate period
Type
beakers (drinking vessels), vessels (containers), metalwork
Materials
silver
Subject
cups, faces

Before November 1965, Ananías Meléndez, Peru [1]. November, 1965, Origins: Ancient and Primitive Art, Boston, sold to Jeorg Haeberli (1928-2017) [2]; be descent to his widow, Carolyn Haeberli; December 21, 2021, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Notes:
[1] According to a Junius Bird photography in the archives of the American Museum of Natural History. Copy in the curatorial file.
[2] According to Origins invoice (2847G). Copy in the curatorial file.

Aquilla (beaker) previously known as "The Cup of Montezuma"

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