Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction
Bolivia - Double Vase
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Double Vase
Type of Object: Ritual Object
Materials: Ceramic
Measurements: Size varies from 15 cm. to 25 cm.
Date or Period: Republican (1825-1900)
Maker: Weenhayek
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 is a double vase with circular bases, globular bodies, wide irregular necks. They are joined but not connected and have a superior handle. It is used as a reservoir for plants in magical religious rituals.
Keywords:
double vessel, drinking vessel, Weenhayek,

 


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