Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction

	Type of Object:	Vessel
	Material:	Ceramic
	Measurements:	Sizes vary, up to 15 cm. in height.
	Date or Period:	200 B.C.-700 A.D.
	Maker:	Viru
	Designated List Category:	IIIC Viru Ceramics
	Date of Import Restriction:	06/11/1997
	Photograph:	National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru
	Copyright :	National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru

 

Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions:
The surface is basically orange or buff; the vessels have a truncated spout, an arched bridge (like a tube) as handle, and geometric symbols in negative technique (concentric circles, frets and wavy lines). When the vessels represent a face, the eyes are like "coffee beans, " applied on the surface and with a transverse cut. Forms include vessels with human or animal faces or bodies, face bottles for daily use in dwellings, and ‘cancheros' (type of pot without a neck and with a horn-shaped handle).
Keywords:
ceramic, container, human head, human-effigy vessel, pottery, Pre-Columbian Ceramics, stirrup-spout, vessel, Viru,