Fragment of head from large anthropomorphic vessel
Fragment of head from large anthropomorphic vessel

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Fragment of head from large anthropomorphic vessel,

800–1000

Wari
Middle Horizon
2016-1092

Information

Title
Fragment of head from large anthropomorphic vessel
Dates

800–1000

Medium
Ceramic with brick red, cream and black slips
Dimensions
12 × 8.5 × 6.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1092
Place Made

South America, Peru, Ancash, North coast

Culture
Huari
Period
Middle horizon
Type
vessels (containers), fragments, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
heads, anthropomorphic

Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York, NY; purchased on Feburary 3, 1962, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ, [1]; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2006 [2]. [1] According to dated invoice. [2] Griffin lent the work to Museum in 1966 (L.1966.186).

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