GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This face-neck jar, a common form that correlates the storage vessel with the human figure, reflects aspects of elite feasting and the use of vibrant polychrome slip paints developed on the south coast, applied here to distinctive bi-cephalic (two-headed) serpentine elements.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1984.W.219; 1997.120; 2005.32], 2015.
NOTES
- Wari (Huari) provincial, Middle Horizon, c. A.D. 600-800, updated by KJones in TMS on 11/19/15 and 01/05/16.
- Updated dates, medium, and geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 750–900, ceramic and slip paints, Perú: south coast.
- Noted in TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Other (see remarks) -- Provenance Note: David M. Lantz, New York; Bendicht R. Wagner, Geneva. The affidavit signed by Mr. Wagner on March 29, 1997 (witnessed and notarized) indicates that he collected the jar between 1950 and 1970. The jar cleared Customs in New York early in April accompanied by the affidavit. The Inca tunic purchased by the Eugene and Margaret McDermott Fund in 1995 also came from the Wagner collection (1995.32.McD). Source: Carol Robbins, Acquisition Proposal (dated May 06, 1997).
- Fun Facts Source: Acquisition Proposal (dated May 06, 1997).
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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
Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
storage jars: AAT: 300400541
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
face-neck jar (vessels / containers): DMA
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
male: AAT: 300189559
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
human: DMA
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
head: AAT: 300262520
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
feasts: AAT: 300069097
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From at least 1970-1997: Bendicht Rudolf Wagner, Geneva, Switzerland, purchased from the above [1], [2]
1997: David M. Lantz, New York, purchased from the above [1], [2]
From 1997: Dallas Museum of Art, The Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Fund, purchased from the above [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated May 20, 1997), 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 Acquisition Proposal (dated May 06, 1997), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
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FUN FACTS
- Huari (Wari) ceramic jars of the face-neck type range in size from a height of seven inches to an oversize version that is thirty inches tall. The vessel form is functional, oversize examples having been used for the fermentation of alcoholic beverages such as maize and grain-based beers and smaller jars probably for serving those beverages. The jars also functioned ritually as offerings, a central feature of Huari (Wari) religion. The unbroken condition of this jar suggests that it was buried with an elite individual.
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General Description
This face-neck jar, a common form that correlates the storage vessel with the human figure, reflects aspects of elite feasting and the use of vibrant polychrome slip paints developed on the south coast, applied here to distinctive bi-cephalic (two-headed) serpentine elements.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1984.W.219; 1997.120; 2005.32], 2015.
Fun Facts
- Huari (Wari) ceramic jars of the face-neck type range in size from a height of seven inches to an oversize version that is thirty inches tall. The vessel form is functional, oversize examples having been used for the fermentation of alcoholic beverages such as maize and grain-based beers and smaller jars probably for serving those beverages. The jars also functioned ritually as offerings, a central feature of Huari (Wari) religion. The unbroken condition of this jar suggests that it was buried with an elite individual.
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Notes
- Wari (Huari) provincial, Middle Horizon, c. A.D. 600-800, updated by KJones in TMS on 11/19/15 and 01/05/16.
- Updated dates, medium, and geography in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 750–900, ceramic and slip paints, Perú: south coast.
- Noted in TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Other (see remarks) -- Provenance Note: David M. Lantz, New York; Bendicht R. Wagner, Geneva. The affidavit signed by Mr. Wagner on March 29, 1997 (witnessed and notarized) indicates that he collected the jar between 1950 and 1970. The jar cleared Customs in New York early in April accompanied by the affidavit. The Inca tunic purchased by the Eugene and Margaret McDermott Fund in 1995 also came from the Wagner collection (1995.32.McD). Source: Carol Robbins, Acquisition Proposal (dated May 06, 1997).
- Fun Facts Source: Acquisition Proposal (dated May 06, 1997).
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
Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
storage jars: AAT: 300400541
storage containers: AAT: 300197582
face-neck jar (vessels / containers): DMA
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
male: AAT: 300189559
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
human: DMA
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
head: AAT: 300262520
bicephalic (two-headed / double-headed): DMA
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
feasts: AAT: 300069097
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From at least 1970-1997: Bendicht Rudolf Wagner, Geneva, Switzerland, purchased from the above [1], [2]
1997: David M. Lantz, New York, purchased from the above [1], [2]
From 1997: Dallas Museum of Art, The Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Fund, purchased from the above [1], [2]
[1] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated May 20, 1997), 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 Acquisition Proposal (dated May 06, 1997), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
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