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Source Description
This vessel was created during the time of the Wari culture, a superpower of the Andes mountains whose influence was felt in adjacent coastal areas, where this ceramic was made. Across the top of the vessel's chamber is a repeated design, a profile face and stepped fret, the meaning of which remains enigmatic. It also appears on Wari tapestry tunics, high-status garments worn by officials of the Wari state. The painting on the strap handle is quite unusual; it may represent stylized feline pelage.
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Document identity
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162399
label
Double-Spouted Vessel
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object
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162399
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object
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Double-Spouted Vessel
description
This vessel was created during the time of the Wari culture, a superpower of the Andes mountains whose influence was felt in adjacent coastal areas, where this ceramic was made. Across the top of the vessel's chamber is a repeated design, a profile face and stepped fret, the meaning of which remains enigmatic. It also appears on Wari tapestry tunics, high-status garments worn by officials of the Wari state. The painting on the strap handle is quite unusual; it may represent stylized feline pelage.
date
500–900
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60740138
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 21.7 x 23.1 x 17.6 cm (8 9/16 x 9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.); Overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.)
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Peru, Wari style, 6th-10th century
accession
2002.94
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ceramic, slip
tombstone
Double-Spouted Vessel, 500–900. Peru, Wari style, 6th-10th century. Ceramic, slip; diameter: 21.7 x 23.1 x 17.6 cm (8 9/16 x 9 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.); overall: 20.3 cm (8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund, 2002.94
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AA - Andes
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James Parmelee Fund
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2026-05-29 08:25:59.443000
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162399
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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ceramic, slip
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