GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Coca chewing was and remains a common practice in the Andean regions for its suppression of hunger and fatigue. Andean populations would also activate the alkaloids of the coca leaf through the use of a lime stimulant. The lime powder could derive from either crushed shells or their byproduct, ground limestone. Ground lime was kept in small bottles, which could be carried within the coca bags, while the lime itself was applied by a small stick or spatula to a coca quid already in the mouth. This Moche ceramic bottle depicts a coca-chewer with a lime bottle and spatula in the right hand. Lime bottles from various South American populations have been recovered in gourd, carved wood, and metal forms.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.120; 1976.W.487], 2015.
NOTES
- Moche, Early Intermediate Period (Moche IV), A.D. 350-550, updated by KJones in TMS on 12/12/13 and 02/05/16, and by mmacleod 04/15/15.
- Updated dates in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 400–550.
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Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Geography
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
fine-line painting (pottery decorating techniques): DMA
Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
Individuals
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vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
bottles: AAT: 300045627
lime bottles / lime containers (vessels): DMA
limestone (rock): AAT: 300011286
spatulas (culinary tools): AAT: 300209587
coca (plants / Erythroxylum (genus) Erythroxylaceae (family)): AAT: 300411778
leaves (plant components): AAT: 300400479
chew (action): DMA
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
stripes: AAT: 300010230
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
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PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]
[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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General Description
Coca chewing was and remains a common practice in the Andean regions for its suppression of hunger and fatigue. Andean populations would also activate the alkaloids of the coca leaf through the use of a lime stimulant. The lime powder could derive from either crushed shells or their byproduct, ground limestone. Ground lime was kept in small bottles, which could be carried within the coca bags, while the lime itself was applied by a small stick or spatula to a coca quid already in the mouth. This Moche ceramic bottle depicts a coca-chewer with a lime bottle and spatula in the right hand. Lime bottles from various South American populations have been recovered in gourd, carved wood, and metal forms.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.120; 1976.W.487], 2015.
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Notes
- Moche, Early Intermediate Period (Moche IV), A.D. 350-550, updated by KJones in TMS on 12/12/13 and 02/05/16, and by mmacleod 04/15/15.
- Updated dates in TMS to reflect Inca label -- A.D. 400–550.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Geography
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
resin (organic material): AAT: 300012882
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
fine-line painting (pottery decorating techniques): DMA
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
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
bottles: AAT: 300045627
lime bottles / lime containers (vessels): DMA
limestone (rock): AAT: 300011286
spatulas (culinary tools): AAT: 300209587
coca (plants / Erythroxylum (genus) Erythroxylaceae (family)): AAT: 300411778
leaves (plant components): AAT: 300400479
chew (action): DMA
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
stripes: AAT: 300010230
diamonds (motifs): AAT: 300009791
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]
1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]
From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]
[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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