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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…

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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…

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This piece is a stirrup-spout vessel, attributed to the Chimu culture, that resembles a pacay fruit. The Chimu were an expansionist culture that dominated the arid Chicama Valley and the North Peruvian coast during the Late Intermediate Period…

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Discovered in the fertile Andean north coast, this composite ceramic of marine species features the head of a fish, claws of a crab, and shell of a sea turtle. This iconography is very important because these coastal animals were witnessed quite…
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