Double spouted stirrup vessel: pepper design

Dateca. 100 B.C. - 200 A.D.

Label TextThe Nasca of the South Coast, contemporaries of the Moche, created ceramic art in a wider, more vivid range of colors. The depiction of chili peppers on the surface of this vessel enhances its celebratory function-a whistling sound is produced when beer is poured from the spout.

Object number46.78

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistoryHonolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu International Center, Flora Pacifica Exhibition, 1970. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Peru's Golden Treasures, Mar. 20 - July 20, 1980. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art of the Ancient Americas, July 10, 1999 - May 11, 2003. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Feasting with the Gods: Art and Ceremony in Ancient Mesoamerica and the Central Andes, Dec. 11, 2003 - July 19, 2004. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art, Nov. 10, 2018 - ongoing.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions7 in. (17.78 cm) Diam.: 5 1/4 in.

MediumBurnished ceramic with polychrome slip