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| Type of Object: | Ceremonial Object |
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| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Measurements: | Size varies from 15 cm. to 25 cm. |
| Date or Period: | Colonial (1533-1825) |
| Maker: | Aymara and 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: | |
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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 like the bull, tiger, llama. This example is a jar with a circular base, globular body, irregular outside edge and two handles or ears. It is decorated with floral, geometric and bird-like elements; today its use is ceremonial for containing liquids as "chicha." | |
| Keywords: | |
| Aymara, drinking vessel, painted pottery, |
