1985.157 Double spout and bridge vessel with double-headed serpent (Peru, Wari)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The double spout and bridge vessel form was common to cultures on the south coast of Peru from the Early Horizon period (900-200 BCE), appearing in Paracas and Nazca (Nasca) ceramic arts. By the 7th century, the highland Huari (Wari) began increasing their interaction with coastal Nazca culture, sharing technical and visual traits through this cultural exchange. This included the blending of Nazca polychrome slip-painting and the coastal double-spouted vessel form with Huari visual motifs.

Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1985.157; 1984.W.218], 2015.

NOTES
  • Wari (Huari), Middle Horizon, A.D. 600-700, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13 and 01/03/14.
  • Updated dates, medium, and geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 800–950, ceramic and slip paints, Perú: south-central coast.

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Artist/designers

Cultures
Wari (Huari): AAT: 300017283

Geography
Wari (Huari): TGN: 1024536
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
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289

Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

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PROVENANCE
Until 1985: Nora and John Wise, New York [1], [2]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Nora Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 04, 1985), 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 Deed of Gift (dated December 20, 1985), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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General Description
The double spout and bridge vessel form was common to cultures on the south coast of Peru from the Early Horizon period (900-200 BCE), appearing in Paracas and Nazca (Nasca) ceramic arts. By the 7th century, the highland Huari (Wari) began increasing their interaction with coastal Nazca culture, sharing technical and visual traits through this cultural exchange. This included the blending of Nazca polychrome slip-painting and the coastal double-spouted vessel form with Huari visual motifs.

Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1985.157; 1984.W.218], 2015.

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Notes
  • Wari (Huari), Middle Horizon, A.D. 600-700, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13 and 01/03/14.
  • Updated dates, medium, and geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 800–950, ceramic and slip paints, Perú: south-central coast.

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures
Wari (Huari): AAT: 300017283

Geography
Wari (Huari): TGN: 1024536
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
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289

Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1985: Nora and John Wise, New York [1], [2]

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Nora Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 04, 1985), 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 Deed of Gift (dated December 20, 1985), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
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vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
profiles (vantage point for figure): AAT: 300123319
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): AAT: 300417500
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
Wari (Huari): AAT: 300017283
Wari (Huari): TGN: 1024536
Middle Horizon period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017300
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