Stirrup vessel ·  Peru, northern coast, Chavin/Late Cupisnique · ID: 3038542

Description

fired red clay, greyish brown coating, spherical receptacle of massive solid form, four cartouches with homogeneous incised motifs on the outside: the ground roughened, the incised forms revealing the red-coloured clay underneath, presumably depicting a jaguar goddess, slightly dam. (spout)

Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Keramik aus Schwarz-Afrika und Alt-Amerika, Zürich 1985, p. 268