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Source Description
Terracotta is excellent for conveying sympathetically the earthbound, seemingly inert quality of this sleeping peccary (a wild pig native to Peru) plopped on the ground. Pre-Columbian potters often adapted distended animal shapes for vessels. This modest piece, made for a middle or lower class burial, is from the Vicus culture of northern Peru.
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Document identity
localId
26184
label
Vessel in the Shape of a Peccary
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
26184
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Vessel in the Shape of a Peccary
description
Terracotta is excellent for conveying sympathetically the earthbound, seemingly inert quality of this sleeping peccary (a wild pig native to Peru) plopped on the ground. Pre-Columbian potters often adapted distended animal shapes for vessels. This modest piece, made for a middle or lower class burial, is from the Vicus culture of northern Peru.
provenance
Robert L. Beare, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1981, by gift.
date
200 BC-AD 200
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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vessels
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.5
height
12.7
depth
23
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 1/2 × W: 5 × L: 9 1/16 in. (16.5 × 12.7 × 23 cm)
Source extras
cul
Vicús
med
earthenware
creator_ids
8585
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
34
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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