Acrobat Effigy Stirrup Spout Vessel

1200-500 BCE (Early Horizon-Early Intermediate)

24.1 cm 25.4 cm 11.4 cm

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This vessel, like several other known examples from the Cupisnique culture, shows an acrobat or contorsionist, in the midst of a backbend. In the acrobat’s hands are two mysterious objects, one perhaps a rattle or noisemaker. Therefore, the vessel’s general form may represent...

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The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1994, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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