Paqcha (ritual vessel) depicting a llama head with arybalo (jar)
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Seller
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) from an unknown source, probably in 1929; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1929.
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- Date created
- AD 1450–1540 (Late Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 16/4835
- Barcode
- 164835.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Indigenous Term
- paqcha
- Object Name
- Paqcha (ritual vessel) depicting a llama head with arybalo (jar)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip
- Techniques
- Mold-made, coiled/hand built, modeled, slipped, painted, burnished
- Dimensions
- 21 x 11 x 20.5 cm
- Place
- Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru
- See related items
- Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_176659
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws683744afc-f0f9-4dc4-a19a-c39b69c2a642
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