vessel with catfish
vessel with catfish
Culture
Mochia culture
Creation date
400-200 B.C.
Materials
slipped and painted earthenware
Dimensions
7 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.
Credit line
Gift of Bonnie and David Ross
Accession number
2003.173
Currently On View In
Native Art of the Americas Gallery
Peruvian art was often related to sources of nourishment from the land, sea and rivers, such as the catfish.
A common vessel shape used in ancient Peru had a "stirrup-spout" handle, in which a center spout at the top is connected to the vessel by a pair of tubes curved like a horse's stirrup.
