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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Pot
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Pot

Artist Unknown
CultureCentral American | Peruvian | Chimu
DateNo Date
Mediumceramic
DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry
Object number34.1.80
Not on view
DescriptionLate Chimu Indian pot from the Northern coast of Peru. Black jug. The body of this pot is a somewhat flattened sphere and will not stand upright, except in a wooden stand made of a black wooden disk with three curved uprights. A small figure with a large head and pointed cap decorates the front near the base of the neck which is flanked by two flat handles.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Post Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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18th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Late Classic-Post Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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ca. 1790-1810
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
1200-1500 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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