Double-headed effigy vessel
Double-headed effigy vessel

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Double-headed effigy vessel,

200–100 BCE

Paracas
Early Horizon
2012-47

Information

Title
Double-headed effigy vessel
Dates

200–100 BCE

Medium
Ceramic with post-fire resin paint
Dimensions
8.9 × 16.6 × 12.7 cm (3 1/2 × 6 9/16 × 5 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Mary Trumbull Adams Art Fund
Object Number
2012-47
Place Made

South America, Peru, Ica region, South coast

Culture
Paracas
Period
Early horizon
Type
effigies, vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
cats, stripes, serpents, heads

[Arts of the Four Quarters, Ltd., Alan Lapiner, New York, in 1968]; Edward S. Marcus, Dallas, TX, between 1976-1995; [Sotheby's]; [David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, New York, 1995]. Purchased by the Princeton University Art Museun, 2012.

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