GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
- Sicán (Lambayeque), Late Intermediate Period (Early Sicán), A.D. 700-900, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 11/06/13, 11/29/13, 03/10/16, 03/21/16, 03/24/16, 03/25/16, 03/30/16, and 03/31/16.
- Updated geography, culture, period, and dates in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: north coast, A.D. 900–1100 (Medium: noted gold-plated silver in label copy, TMS notes gold and silver).
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 24, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
General description removed at the request of Michelle Rich, 1/14/2020.
General description had been:
The goblet-style cup, which was used by the Huari and Tiahuanaco for maize beer feasting, developed along the coast following the expansion of these highland societies to the north and south. Extending from the rich metallurgy tradition of the preceding Moche, the north coast Sicán (Lambayeque) culture produced high-status objects and adornments in precious metals. This vessel makes evident the importance of feasting in coastal Andean societies.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.536; 1976.W.548; 1976.W.549; 1976.W.541; 1976.W.558; 1976.W.1134; 1976.W.1135], 2015.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Sicán (Lambayeque): AAT: 300017331
Geography
Río Lambayeque: TGN: 1125946
Lambayeque (region): TGN: 1000665
Lambayeque (inhabited place): TGN: 1024582
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
gold: AAT: 300011021
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
gold plating (process): AAT: 300389933
goldwork: AAT: 300044045
alloy: AAT: 300010902
gold alloy: AAT: 300010963
silver alloy: AAT: 300010975
solder: AAT: 300010993
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
annealing: AAT: 300053886
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
goblets: AAT: 300043236
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
figures (representations): 300189808
headdress: AAT: 300046023
crescent (motif): AAT: 300165510
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
deities: AAT: 300343850
animals: DMA
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
feline: DMA
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
feasts: AAT: 300069097
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PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1], [2]
From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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FUN FACTS
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Miscellaneous gold, all probably Late Intermediate Period. HT1 Northern Chimu bimetallic, double spouted water container, elaborate spout bridge with deity head in center and prostrate figures on each side. This is a rendition in gold and silver of a popular ceramic container. H. 9 3/4"; span of spout 11"."
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- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Miscellaneous gold, all probably Late Intermediate Period. HT1 Northern Chimu bimetallic, double spouted water container, elaborate spout bridge with deity head in center and prostrate figures on each side. This is a rendition in gold and silver of a popular ceramic container. H. 9 3/4"; span of spout 11"."
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- Sicán (Lambayeque), Late Intermediate Period (Early Sicán), A.D. 700-900, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 11/06/13, 11/29/13, 03/10/16, 03/21/16, 03/24/16, 03/25/16, 03/30/16, and 03/31/16.
- Updated geography, culture, period, and dates in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: north coast, A.D. 900–1100 (Medium: noted gold-plated silver in label copy, TMS notes gold and silver).
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 24, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
General description removed at the request of Michelle Rich, 1/14/2020.
General description had been:
The goblet-style cup, which was used by the Huari and Tiahuanaco for maize beer feasting, developed along the coast following the expansion of these highland societies to the north and south. Extending from the rich metallurgy tradition of the preceding Moche, the north coast Sicán (Lambayeque) culture produced high-status objects and adornments in precious metals. This vessel makes evident the importance of feasting in coastal Andean societies.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.536; 1976.W.548; 1976.W.549; 1976.W.541; 1976.W.558; 1976.W.1134; 1976.W.1135], 2015.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Sicán (Lambayeque): AAT: 300017331
Geography
Río Lambayeque: TGN: 1125946
Lambayeque (region): TGN: 1000665
Lambayeque (inhabited place): TGN: 1024582
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
gold: AAT: 300011021
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
gold plating (process): AAT: 300389933
goldwork: AAT: 300044045
alloy: AAT: 300010902
gold alloy: AAT: 300010963
silver alloy: AAT: 300010975
solder: AAT: 300010993
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
annealing: AAT: 300053886
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
Historical periods
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
cups (drinking vessels): AAT: ID: 300043202
goblets: AAT: 300043236
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
figures (representations): 300189808
headdress: AAT: 300046023
crescent (motif): AAT: 300165510
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
deities: AAT: 300343850
animals: DMA
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
feline: DMA
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
step pattern: AAT: 300010229
stepped frets (meanders (patterns)/motifs): AAT: 300010171
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
feasts: AAT: 300069097
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1], [2]
From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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