1976.W.102 Stirrup-spout bottle: seated figure (Peru, Moche)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–400 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on TMS, 11/29/13, 01/19/16, 07/28/16, 09/06/16, and 01/10/17.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 32, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
incising: AAT: 300053847
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
mother of pearl: AAT: 300011835
inlays (decorations): AAT: 300256033

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
male: AAT: 300189559
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
caps (headgear): AAT: 300046094
hats (headgear): AAT: 300046106
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
ear ornaments: AAT: 300211279
earspools: AAT: 300209300
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
nude: AAT: 300189568

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

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 [1], [2]

[1] 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.

[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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WEB RESOURCES 

ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Vicus, Mochica I, Stirrup spout jars. **4 Seated man, crossed legs, hands on knees. Shell inlays on eyes and wrists, probably restored. Original spout missing, the replacement an acceptable restoration. NOTE: The three preceding items [P28; 4; P26] have details on the bottom which are omitted in later pieces."

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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: "Vicus, Mochica I, Stirrup spout jars. **4 Seated man, crossed legs, hands on knees. Shell inlays on eyes and wrists, probably restored. Original spout missing, the replacement an acceptable restoration. NOTE: The three preceding items [P28; 4; P26] have details on the bottom which are omitted in later pieces."

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 

Notes
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–400 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on TMS, 11/29/13, 01/19/16, 07/28/16, 09/06/16, and 01/10/17.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 32, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
incising: AAT: 300053847
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 30053869
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
mother of pearl: AAT: 300011835
inlays (decorations): AAT: 300256033

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
male: AAT: 300189559
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
caps (headgear): AAT: 300046094
hats (headgear): AAT: 300046106
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
ear ornaments: AAT: 300211279
earspools: AAT: 300209300
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
nude: AAT: 300189568

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

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 [1], [2]

[1] 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.

[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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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
nude: AAT: 300189568
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
incising: AAT: 300053847
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
hairstyles: AAT: 300262903
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
ear ornaments: AAT: 300211279
caps (headgear): AAT: 300046094
burnishing (polishing): AAT: 300053869
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
inlays (decorations): AAT: 300256033
mother of pearl: AAT: 300011835
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
male: AAT: 300189559
headdresses: AAT: 300046023
earspools: AAT: 300209300
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
stripes: AAT: 300010230
hats (headgear): AAT: 300046106
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): AAT: 300417500
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
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