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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…

Human head spout

The sculptural vessel has a spout and handle with a sphere-shaped base. The vessel is a monochrome blackware with raised dot designs, burnished line patterns, and a dividing line between the upper and the lower half of the vessel. The end of the…

Bird on stirrup

Whistling bottle with a bird on one spout

The object is a blackware ceramic from the Chimu culture during the Late Intermediate Period (900AD - 1476AD.). It is shaped with a narrow-mouthed spout that slopes into a wide chamber for holding liquids. There is a handle that begins at the middle…

Birds and peppers

The Chimu stirrup spout bottle is monochromatic and features a bronze slip and a smooth burnished finish, known as blackware. The ceramic vessel has naturalistic imagery which includes eight life-size chili peppers which stem down from the top of the…

This vessel originates from the Chimu culture, which spanned from 900 to 1476 CE in the Andean North Coast. It features a rounded form with a stirrup spout, with a bird’s head applique at the base of the spout, and a wave pattern around the top half…