Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe
Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe
Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe
Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe
Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe
Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe,

800–1000

Wari
Middle Horizon
2016-1034

Information

Title
Vessel in the form of a man playing a panpipe
Dates

800–1000

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
20.5 × 11 × 10.5 cm (8 1/16 × 4 5/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1034
Place Made

South America, Peru, Central coast

Culture
Huari
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
men, figures (representations), flûtes

[Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd., Alan Lapiner, New York]; purchased on September 19, 1968, by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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