stirrup vessel
Maker: Chimu culture
Medium:Ceramic
Geography: North Coast, Peru
Period: AD 900-1470
Dimensions:18.5 x 18 x 7.5 cm
Object number: 941.64
DescriptionThe Chimu made millions of pottery vessels. Many of these vessels depicted the plants and animals that they saw around them. This stirrup-spout vessel depicts a fish. Fish were central to the Chimu diet, and their art reveals a fascination with creature of the ocean. Recent research has begun identifying some of the species likely depicted in Chimu art.
