Stirrup Vessel

1200-500 BCE (Initial Period-Early Horizon)

10.8 cm 18.1 cm

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This “stirrup-spout” vessel is modeled with the rough ridges of the San Pedro cactus, whose branches contain a hallucinogenic substance. The cactus is used in traditional medicine and religious ritual to this day. The sacredness or ritual power of the vessel is suggested by th...

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The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1990, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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en
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संस्कृति
Cupisnique
माध्यम
earthenware

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