1972.23.3.1-2.McD Pair of spoons: parrot finials (Peru, Chimú)

These spoons are claimed to derive from a cache of offerings found on the southern coast of Peru. Despite the reputed recovery from southern Peru, the objects reflect principally north coast designs, such as these small spoons with finials representing birds. If the provenience is accurate, then the cached group demonstrates either trade of Chimú elite objects or the presence of Chimú populations on the south coast during the Late Horizon (1400-1532 CE), perhaps under Inca imperial rule.

Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1972.23.2.McD; 1972.23.1.McD; 1972.23.4.1.McD; 1972.23.4.2.McD; 1972.23.5.1.McD; 1972.23.5.2.McD], 2015.

Chimú: AAT: 300017316

Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

bone (material): AAT: 300011798

stone: AAT: 300011176

shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829

turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164

garnet (mineral): AAT: 300011097

carving: AAT: 300053149

incising: AAT: 300053847

polishing (finishing): AAT: 300053867

drillwork (sculpture technique): AAT: 300186211

inlays (decorations): AAT: 300256003

shell inlay (decorations): DMA

Late Horizon Period: AAT: 300017332

spoons: AAT: 300043149

sculpture: AAT: 300047090

ceremonial objects: AAT: 300234117

ritual objects: AAT: 300312158

burials: AAT: 300263485

effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108

profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319

figures (representations): AAT: 300189808

animals: DMA

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751

macaws (bird): AAT: 300310660

parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076

coca (plants / Erythroxylum (genus) Erythroxylaceae (family)): AAT: 300411778

Until 1972: John Wise Ltd. (John and Nora Wise), New York [1], [2]

From 1972: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., purchased from the above [1], [2], [3], [4]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated October 06, 1972, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Letter from Merrill C. Rueppel, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, to Eugene and Margaret McDermott (dated October 10, 1972, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File).

[3] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

[4] Works of art given or purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, are placed in the custody of the DMA for the purpose of public display on the premises of the Museum or in other recognized art galleries or museum. The title to all works of art purchased (or otherwise acquired) by the McDermott Art Fund remains with the Fund.

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