About the Artwork
Jug
between 900 and 1470
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Precolumbian
Chimu
Clay
Overall: 8 × 7 × 4 3/4 inches (20.3 × 17.8 × 12.1 cm)
Ceramics
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Murray A. Shekter
67.282
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Painted on bottom: Vassar College Museum, Chibcha, Peru, Dept. No 314
Provenance
1968-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chimu, Precolumbian, Jug, between 900 and 1470, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Murray A. Shekter, 67.282.
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