Vessel with repoussé supernatural figure

Date600-1000 AD

Maker Peruvian Lambayeque, North Coast, Middle Horizon

Label TextChimú, a large kingdom on the North Coast of Peru, was home to metalsmiths who were renowned in the Inca period for their superior workmanship—thus many artisans were relocated to Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

Object number99.83

Provenance{Excavated at Batan Grande, Lambayeque Valley, Peru (date unknown)}; [André Emmerich Gallery, New York], by 1968; purchased from gallery by John H. Hauberg (1916-2002), Seattle, Washington, 1968; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1999

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, Oct. 17, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014 (Montreal, Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 2 - June 16, 2013).* Text by Victor Pimentel. Cat. no. 142, p. 349, not reproduced [* exhibition organized by Seattle Art Museum and circulated to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; however, Vessel was only shown in Seattle].

Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg

Dimensions9 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. diameter

MediumGold-tin alloy