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Vase in the shape of a bird
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Vase with two-chamber bridge loop
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Globular vase with relief representation of spondylus shells
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Bronze cob
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Misure:
Unità di misura: cm
Altezza: 18.5
Larghezza: 12
Profondità: 6
Provenienza (nazione):
Perù
Figurine depicting a male character
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Pot with bracket shaped like a feline
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Lenticular vase decorated with engraved geometric motifs
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Titolo dell'opera:
Disc-shaped flask with figures
Acquisizione:
Collezione Missioni Cattoliche Americane 1893 donazione
Ambito culturale:
cultura Chimù
Object Type:
flask
Epoca:
XI-XV - 1001 - 1500
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 19; Diametro: 13.5
Provenienza (nazione):
Perù
Tecnica:
argilla- a stampo
Descrizione:
Fantastic figure (or anthropomorphized tool) with a fish's head, fishing for a tumi-fish (or a coin-axe-fish) using a serpentine line ending in a bird's beak hook. The iconography seems to represent the zoomorphic soul of fishing tools or their animal "alter egos". (Aimi-Minelli) The Quechua word "tumi" indicates the semi-lunar knife typical of Andean civilizations. Grey-black flask with cylindrical neck, lateral ribbon-shaped handle and flat bottom. The front and rear walls are decorated with moldings with two fantasy beings on a "goose flesh" background.
Disc-shaped flask with figures
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Two-chamber whistling vase decorated with geometric patterns in relief
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Vase in the shape of a salamander
