Sea Lion Effigy Stirrup Vessel

AD 50-800 (Early Intermediate-Middle Horizon)

24.1 cm 15.9 cm 15.9 cm

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This vessel shows a swimming sea lion, an animal commonly found on islands in the Pacific Ocean close to Peru. Apart from being an important source of food for Andean people, sea lions commonly swallow beach pebbles, which they later vomit up. These stones were considered to h...

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79387
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The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, 1989, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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en
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