Molded stirrup-spout vessel with incised motifs
Molded stirrup-spout vessel with incised motifs
Molded stirrup-spout vessel with incised motifs
Molded stirrup-spout vessel with incised motifs

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Molded stirrup-spout vessel with incised motifs,

700–400 BCE

Chavín
Early Horizon
1998-184

Information

Title
Molded stirrup-spout vessel with incised motifs
Dates

700–400 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 24.5, diam. 16 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mitchell and Loretta Chipin
Object Number
1998-184
Place Made

South America, Peru, North highlands

Period
Chavín horizon
Type
spouts, stirrup jars, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
geometric patterns, hieroglyphics

Gift of Mitchell and Loretta Chipin to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

Molded stirrup vessel incised with ornate glyph-like geometrics

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