Ceramic Vessel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1866
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
notes: label: Notes
content: LOW-FIRE, BLACKWARE, STIRRUP VESSEL. MAIN PORTION OF VESSEL IS FORMED BY COILS REPRESENTING TWO SNAKES WHOSE HEADS MEET AT THE TOP. WHERE THE SPOUT COMES OUT OF THE STIRRUP, THERE IS A SMALL MONKEY FIGURE. THIS PIECE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY REPRODUCTION, MADE IN IMITATION OF PRE-COLUMBIAN CHIMU POTTERY. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chimu-Style
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 001150
label: USNM Number
content: A1403-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vessel
physicalDescription: label: Depth - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 24 cm