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| Type of Object: | Ritual Object |
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| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Measurements: | Size varies from 15 cm. to 40 cm. |
| Date or Period: | Colonial (1533-1825) |
| Maker: | Aymara |
| 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: | |
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| 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 an animal-shaped ceramic in the form of a bull, in the upper part of the bull there is a hole or the mouth of the vessel. It has floral decoration in red and black. It is used in the "challas" (drinking of "chicha") during the ritual offers. | |
| Keywords: | |
| animal-shaped, Aymara, bull, drinking vessel, |
