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Chimú artists were specialists in sculptural blackware ceramics finished with a shining polish, achieved by being highly burnished prior to firing. The slip would darken in the kiln’s oxygen reduction atmosphere, producing the classic blackware tone.…

Life in the tumultuous and unforgiving climate of coastal Peru necessitated a reverential relationship between people and water. Rivers, oceans, and the animals that inhabit them take on religious importance in an extreme desert environment where…

This spout-and-handle ceramic bottle is burnished to a lustrous grey-black color, combining incised wave motifs with paddle-impressed pointillism and a modeled bird spout. The body is divided compositionally: a lower, undecorated bowl shape that…

When looking at the object, it can be interpreted that the bottle was created to resemble metal or a hard material. The bottle has a basic stirrup spout form. Its shape is created with four half ovals on each of its four sides creating an overall…

Blackwares were prominent in many Ancient Andean cultures, however, they were a particularly integral part of the Chimú culture. It is a rounded vessel with a large opening at the top, accompanied by two small handles. The opening features a lip that…

This is object 1608-82 from the Digital Archiver Services at UT. This Chimu object is a ceramic jar. The jar is a monochrome black. Its color is possibly blackware, which is produced because of an oxygen reduction firing technique. The texture is…