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IDENTIFICATION

Catalog code: 02

CULTURE, TIME, AND PLACE

Culture: Wari

John Rowe Chronology: Middle Horizon Period (600 CE - 1000 CE)

Region: Peruvian south-central highlands and coastal region 

Valley: 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND DIMENSIONS

Primary Material: Ceramic

Material Type: Ceramic

Morphofunctional Category: Vessel

Main Scene: Hauco portrait

Description: Polychromed container with a wide neck and a circular base with painted facial features of a character in hues of red, cream and black. Two triangular stripes radiate down from wide almond shaped eyes toward a downturned mouth highlighting teeth with linear incisions. The face painted in red is completed by a pair of cream tab-form ears on each side of its head. A painted red and cream geometric band rims the top.

Height: 171 mm / Length: 165 mm / Width: 165 mm / Weight: 255 g

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES