Jug
Jug

Currently not on view

Jug,

1000–1500

Chimú
Late Intermediate Period
y1959-215

Information

Title
Jug
Dates

1000–1500

Medium
Burnished black ceramic
Dimensions
h. 11.8 cm., diam. 15.5 cm. (4 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y1959-215
Place Made

South America, Peru, North coast

Culture
Chimú
Period
Late Intermediate period
Type
jugs, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Techniques
burnishing (polishing)
Subject
reptiles

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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