Stirrup-spout Vessel with Ridged Surface

1200-500 BCE (Early Horizon-Early Intermediate)

14.6 cm 23.2 cm

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This “stirrup-spout” vessel is modeled with the rough ridges of a gourd or perhaps 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 ves...

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D. Daniel Michel, Chicago, 1977, by purchase, no. 77:174; Ancient Art of the New World, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1991, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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संस्कृति
Cupisnique
माध्यम
earthenware

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