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Source Description
The stirrup spout first appeared on the North Coast in the ceramics of the Cupisnique culture, a Chavín contemporary, and remained an important North Coast spout form until the time of the Spanish conquest. It probably had symbolic meaning, now lost.
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Document identity
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143749
label
Vessel with Stirrup Spout
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Source metadata
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143749
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object
title
Vessel with Stirrup Spout
description
The stirrup spout first appeared on the North Coast in the ceramics of the Cupisnique culture, a Chavín contemporary, and remained an important North Coast spout form until the time of the Spanish conquest. It probably had symbolic meaning, now lost.
date
1900s (thermoluminescence date)
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80044080
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 22.8 x 17.2 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.)
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Peru, likely modern, inspired by the Cupisnique style
accession
1968.192
Source extras
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earthenware
tombstone
Vessel with Stirrup Spout, 1900s (thermoluminescence date). Peru, likely modern, inspired by the Cupisnique style. Earthenware; overall: 22.8 x 17.2 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of Helen Humphreys, 1968.192
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 295
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 399
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 73, no. 77
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
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Reproduced: p.
creditline
Purchase, Bequest of Helen Humphreys
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2026-05-29 07:22:38.563000
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143749
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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earthenware
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