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exhibitions > recent: Of Land, Sea, and Sky
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Figural vessel in the form of a
Monkey Blackware figural strap-handled, spouted vessel depicting a the head of a monkey with well delaited features and a pair of paws visible within the encasement of the helmet like face. Monkeys were associated with the creation of man according to Peruvian mythology. The Chimu kingdom (900-1400 AD) occupied seven hundred square miles on the north coast of Peru. Chimu pottery was mostly mass produced mold made blackware. Reduction firing produced the black surface so common in Chimu ceramics. The most interesting Chimu pots exhibit Moche influence in their tall, elegant spouts. Scientific classification: "Platyrrhine" (species, New World Monkey); this example could be many types, including: capuchin, spider, durukuli, uakari, saki, howler, or squirrel monkey. |
