GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This vessel represents a two-level temple with an oval plan, two narrow stairways (front and back), and a flat, beamed roof. Its closest architectural comparison lies not in the river valleys of the north coast, where the vessel was probably made, but in the highlands and in prototypes constructed a thousand years earlier than the vessel itself. Thus, it may represent interaction between coastal and highland cultures in Peru's early history.
Constructions similar in plan and proportions have been discovered at La Galgada, on the upper reaches of the Santa River, between the Jequetepeque Valley and Chavín de Huántar. La Galgada builders used fine quarrystone masonry, which they covered with mud plaster to form a smooth surface. The vast rooms had a fire pit at the center. Niches on the interior walls and a low bench around the perimeter probably served ceremonial functions. Post holes in the floors suggest that these enclosures could have been roofed. Apparently, the rooms were later ritually filled and used as tomb chambers.
Excerpt from
Label text, A. H. Meadows Galleries.
NOTES
- Cupisnique, Initial Period, 1200–800 B.C.E. (noted in TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 06/19/14, and 03/30/16.
- 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.61), n.d.
Cultures
Chavín horizon: AAT: 300017269
Cupisnique (Coast Chavin): AAT: 30017270
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Jequetepeque (Río): TGN: 1125162
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
incising: AAT: 300053847
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
kilns (ovens / heating equipment): AAT: 300022798
relief: AAT: 300053622
Historical periods
Initial Period: AAT: 300017264
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
temples: AAT: 300007595
stairs: AAT: 300003228
poles (wood products): AAT: 300001874
ridgeboards (roof frame components): AAT: 300002403
post-and-beam structures: AAT: 300001484
posts (structural elements): AAT: 300001609
roofs: AAT: 300002098
oval (shape): AAT: 300263817
La Galgada (ancient site / Peru): DMA
Río Santa (Santa River): TGN: 1129631
quarries (extracting complexes): AAT: 300000402
quarrystone masonry (building materials): DMA
mud: AAT: 300014337
firepits (fireplaces and fireplace components): AAT: 300375112
benches (furniture): AAT: 300038494
tombs: AAT: 300005926
Chavín (ancient site): TGN: 6001308
masonry (building materials): AAT: 300015332
plaster: AAT: 300014922
niches: AAT: 300002704
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1961-1966: Paul Tishman, New York [1]
1966-1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [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 [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from Paul Tishman to John Wise (dated April 21, 1966, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). 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: "***Q34. Architectural body presumably a temple structure."
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General Description
This vessel represents a two-level temple with an oval plan, two narrow stairways (front and back), and a flat, beamed roof. Its closest architectural comparison lies not in the river valleys of the north coast, where the vessel was probably made, but in the highlands and in prototypes constructed a thousand years earlier than the vessel itself. Thus, it may represent interaction between coastal and highland cultures in Peru's early history.
Constructions similar in plan and proportions have been discovered at La Galgada, on the upper reaches of the Santa River, between the Jequetepeque Valley and Chavín de Huántar. La Galgada builders used fine quarrystone masonry, which they covered with mud plaster to form a smooth surface. The vast rooms had a fire pit at the center. Niches on the interior walls and a low bench around the perimeter probably served ceremonial functions. Post holes in the floors suggest that these enclosures could have been roofed. Apparently, the rooms were later ritually filled and used as tomb chambers.
Excerpt from
Label text, A. H. Meadows Galleries.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "***Q34. Architectural body presumably a temple structure."
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
- Cupisnique, Initial Period, 1200–800 B.C.E. (noted in TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 06/19/14, and 03/30/16.
- 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.61), n.d.
Cultures
Chavín horizon: AAT: 300017269
Cupisnique (Coast Chavin): AAT: 30017270
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Jequetepeque (Río): TGN: 1125162
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
incising: AAT: 300053847
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
kilns (ovens / heating equipment): AAT: 300022798
relief: AAT: 300053622
Historical periods
Initial Period: AAT: 300017264
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
temples: AAT: 300007595
stairs: AAT: 300003228
poles (wood products): AAT: 300001874
ridgeboards (roof frame components): AAT: 300002403
post-and-beam structures: AAT: 300001484
posts (structural elements): AAT: 300001609
roofs: AAT: 300002098
oval (shape): AAT: 300263817
La Galgada (ancient site / Peru): DMA
Río Santa (Santa River): TGN: 1129631
quarries (extracting complexes): AAT: 300000402
quarrystone masonry (building materials): DMA
mud: AAT: 300014337
firepits (fireplaces and fireplace components): AAT: 300375112
benches (furniture): AAT: 300038494
tombs: AAT: 300005926
Chavín (ancient site): TGN: 6001308
masonry (building materials): AAT: 300015332
plaster: AAT: 300014922
niches: AAT: 300002704
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1961-1966: Paul Tishman, New York [1]
1966-1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [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 [2], [3]
[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from Paul Tishman to John Wise (dated April 21, 1966, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). 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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