Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction
Bolivia - Glazed Marriage Vase
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Glazed Marriage Vase
Type of Object: Ceremonial Object
Materials: Ceramic
Measurements: Size varies from 25 cm. to 30 cm.
Date or Period: Colonial and Republican (1533-1900)
Maker: Quechua
Designated List Section: VI A Colonial and Republican Ceramics -- Ceremonial Drinking Vessels
Date of Import Restriction: 12/07/01
Photograph: National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF)
Copyright: National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF)
 
Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions:
Containers and serving vessels used in the ceremonial context of chicha drinking. In post-Columbian times these are hard ceramics with glassy surfaces resulting from the application of a mineral glaze. May be brown, green, blue, red or any combination of colors. Vary in size and shape from handled jars pitchers, cups, and vases, to animal-shapes (bull, tiger, llama, hoof).

This example of a drinking vessel with a complex structure formed by two vases joint by one communicating tube. It has a longitudinal decorative stripe in high relief. It is glazed. The vessel is used in ritual offerings for agriculture and fertility ceremonies.
Keywords:
animal-shaped, double vessel, drinking vessel, Quechua,

 


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