GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ceramics most closely associated with the Chavín style are monochromatic vessels with textured surfaces. Vessels of similar style have been found in the Chongoyape vicinity of the Lambayeque Valley as well as in the Jequetepeque and Zano valleys. Ceramics with various Chavín-related features were apparently widely traded, making attribution on the basis of style difficult. As seen in this example, punctuation, rough surface texture, and a thick spout are traits of the Chongoyape style. Contrasting surface textures are also quintessentially Chavín. On this vessel, four small, circular bosses project from the surface, and both the spout and bosses are highly burnished.
Adapted from
- Label text [1976.W.56], A. H. Meadows Galleries.
- DMA unpublished material.
NOTES
- Chongoyape, Early Horizon, 900–200 B.C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 11/29/13, and 01/10/17.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 38, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
- General Description drawn from: DMA Label Copy (1976.W.56), n.d.; DMA unpublished material [Worksheet, 1970.3, n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File].
Cultures
Chavín horizon: AAT: 300017269
Cupisnique (Coast Chavin): AAT: 30017270
Chongoyape (style): DMA
Geography
Chavín (ancient site): TGN: 6001308
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Río Lambayeque: TGN: 1125946
Lambayeque (region): TGN: 1000665
Lambayeque (inhabited place): TGN: 1024582
Chongoyape (inhabited place): TGN: 1024459
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
kilns (ovens / heating equipment): AAT: 300022798
relief: AAT: 300053622
bas-relief (sculpture technique): AAT: 300053623
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
Historical periods
Early Horizon: AAT: 300017267
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
texture: AAT: 300056362
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PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
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]
[1] 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 (1976.W.56), Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] 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: "***M120. Spherical body with 4 knobs on stippled surface. Chongayape style spout."
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General Description
The ceramics most closely associated with the Chavín style are monochromatic vessels with textured surfaces. Vessels of similar style have been found in the Chongoyape vicinity of the Lambayeque Valley as well as in the Jequetepeque and Zano valleys. Ceramics with various Chavín-related features were apparently widely traded, making attribution on the basis of style difficult. As seen in this example, punctuation, rough surface texture, and a thick spout are traits of the Chongoyape style. Contrasting surface textures are also quintessentially Chavín. On this vessel, four small, circular bosses project from the surface, and both the spout and bosses are highly burnished.
Adapted from
- Label text [1976.W.56], A. H. Meadows Galleries.
- DMA unpublished material.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "***M120. Spherical body with 4 knobs on stippled surface. Chongayape style spout."
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Notes
- Chongoyape, Early Horizon, 900–200 B.C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 11/29/13, and 01/10/17.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 38, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
- General Description drawn from: DMA Label Copy (1976.W.56), n.d.; DMA unpublished material [Worksheet, 1970.3, n.d., copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File].
Cultures
Chavín horizon: AAT: 300017269
Cupisnique (Coast Chavin): AAT: 30017270
Chongoyape (style): DMA
Geography
Chavín (ancient site): TGN: 6001308
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Río Lambayeque: TGN: 1125946
Lambayeque (region): TGN: 1000665
Lambayeque (inhabited place): TGN: 1024582
Chongoyape (inhabited place): TGN: 1024459
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
kilns (ovens / heating equipment): AAT: 300022798
relief: AAT: 300053622
bas-relief (sculpture technique): AAT: 300053623
bosses (components): AAT: 300047259
Historical periods
Early Horizon: AAT: 300017267
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
texture: AAT: 300056362
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
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]
[1] 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 (1976.W.56), Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[2] 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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