Stirrup spout vessel of human with twisted headband

ca. 100-700

The stirrup spout shape held a strong religious significance for earlier cultures of the Andes region, and thus was an important form for the Moche people who followed. Moche ceramics were primarily made using molds, with the addition of the modeled stirrup spout and hand-worked details.

Ceramic

6 x 5 x 6 1/2 in. (15.2 x 12.7 x 16.5 cm)

Gift of John H. Hauberg

99.84

Provenance: [André Emmerich Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by John H. Hauberg (1916-2002), Seattle, Washington, 1969; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1999

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Sun Gods and Saints: Art of Pre-Columbian and Colonial Peru, co-organized with Alan C. Lapiner, Dec. 6 - 31, 1969. Cat. no. 1, reproduced.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Peru's Golden Treasures, Mar. 20 - July 20, 1980.

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.

Published ReferencesLapiner, Alan. Pre-Columbian Art of South America. New York: Harry Abrams, Inc., 1976: cat. no. 258, reproduced p. 125.

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