Paqcha (ritual vessel) depicting a llama head with arybalo (jar)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1450–1540 (Late Horizon period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
label: Seller
content: A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) from an unknown source, probably in 1929; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1929.
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place: label: Place
content: Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 16/4835
label: Barcode
content: 164835.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
label: Indigenous Term
content: paqcha
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Paqcha (ritual vessel) depicting a llama head with arybalo (jar)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery, clay slip
label: Techniques
content: Mold-made, coiled/hand built, modeled, slipped, painted, burnished
label: Dimensions
content: 21 x 11 x 20.5 cm