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Aryballoid Jar
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Aryballoid Jar

Maker Inca culture (Peru)
Date1450 - 1530
Made/manufacturedSouth America
MediumCeramic with pigments
Dimensions8 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (20.3 x 14.6 x 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineMuseum Collection, University Gallery purchase
Object numberC-73-115
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DescriptionJar in shape of a shell with rounded bottom curving to a flattened peak in center, walls rise with slight inward curve, angling steeply inward at two-thirds height to base of long tubular neck with flared rim, two small loop handles near bottom, attached spikey clubs on upper wall with small feline head attached in between; burnished light brown slip with dark brown pigment painted in zigzag around interior of rim, two large vertical panels of checker-board motif, placed in front of handles, bordered by white and brown stripes.
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