Llama effigy jar
Maker: Chimu
Medium:Clay
Geography: Andes, Peru
Date: 1000-1476 AD
Period: Late Intermediate Period
Dimensions:20.5 x 21 x 14 cm
Object number: 924.42.2
DescriptionAnimals were frequently depicted in the black burnish ceramics of the Chimu Empire. This jar depicts a seated llama, important pack animals and food sources bred in the coast and the highlands prior to Spanish Conquest.
