III-I b.C. - 300 b.C. - 1 b.C.

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 17; Diametro: 13

Perù

argilla- a colombino

Mostra d'arte precolombiana e di etnologia americana - Genova/ Castello D'Albertis - 1972-1977

Figure with feline head with facial mask, serpentine body ending with an ornithomorphic figure and paws holding a weapon with a trophy head on one of the two ends. Representation of the snake creature. The object was part of a funerary object. The convex bottom of the vase is painted in ocher and delimited at the top by a brick-colored band, bordered by a cream line. On the room painted in plum tones, a zoomorphic figure appears created in ocher, cream, orange, brick and gray shades, outlined by a black border. The handle and beaks are painted brown.