GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This vessel reflects the influence of Inca imperial expansion on coastal ceramic styles. The double-chambered vessel form with a false spout became common throughout the Inca Empire, with the impressed design and paint palette here suggestive of a coastal style.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.228; S.1970.1; 1987.376; 1989.W.235; 2003.28], 2015.
NOTES
- Inka (Inca) provincial, Late Horizon, A.D. 1476-1534, updated by KJones in TMS on 11/29/13, 01/03/14, and 01/25/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Peru: Andean coast.
- Did not update dates since recently changed by KJones.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 15, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Inca Empire: TGN: 6002741
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
lip spouts: AAT: 300203343
false spout (blind spout / container components): DMA
chicha (food / maize beer): AAT: 300411637
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
feasts: AAT: 300069097
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
figures: AAT: 300189808
animals: DMA
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
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PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. 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: "Inca Contemporary. 16/1898 Ceramic, double chamber whistling jar with square bridge handle. Decorated with long-tongued monkeys. Colors, red, black and white. Condition perfect. Bears other numbers 34, 7827/21, 18, L44453. Originally in the collection of the Museum of the American Indian, deaccessioned by George Heye for exchange or sale."
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General Description
This vessel reflects the influence of Inca imperial expansion on coastal ceramic styles. The double-chambered vessel form with a false spout became common throughout the Inca Empire, with the impressed design and paint palette here suggestive of a coastal style.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1976.W.228; S.1970.1; 1987.376; 1989.W.235; 2003.28], 2015.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Inca Contemporary. 16/1898 Ceramic, double chamber whistling jar with square bridge handle. Decorated with long-tongued monkeys. Colors, red, black and white. Condition perfect. Bears other numbers 34, 7827/21, 18, L44453. Originally in the collection of the Museum of the American Indian, deaccessioned by George Heye for exchange or sale."
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Notes
- Inka (Inca) provincial, Late Horizon, A.D. 1476-1534, updated by KJones in TMS on 11/29/13, 01/03/14, and 01/25/16.
- Updated geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Peru: Andean coast.
- Did not update dates since recently changed by KJones.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 15, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Inka (Inca): AAT: 300017326
Inca horizon: AAT: 300017352
Geography
Inca Empire: TGN: 6002741
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
relief (sculpture techniques): AAT: 300053622
Historical periods
Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
aryballoi (containers): AAT: 300198885
aryballos (containers): AAT: 300198885
urpu (urppus / vessels): AAT: 300410722
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
lip spouts: AAT: 300203343
false spout (blind spout / container components): DMA
chicha (food / maize beer): AAT: 300411637
beer (food / alcoholic beverage): AAT: 300302722
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
feasts: AAT: 300069097
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
figures: AAT: 300189808
animals: DMA
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
bands (decorative): DMA
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1989: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of Nora Wise [1]
[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. 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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