1984.W.219 Flared bowl with profile heads (Peru, Wari)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This serving vessel reflects aspects of elite feasting and the use of vibrant polychrome slip paints developed on the south coast, applied here to profile zoomorphic faces that encircle the flaring bowl and exude plant forms that likely represent maize.

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), Middle Horizon (Epoch 2A), A.D. 700-750, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 11/29/13, 01/03/14, and 06/18/14.
  • 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

Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
face: DMA
human: DMA
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
feasts: AAT: 300069097
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1984: Nora and John Wise, New York [1], [2]

From 1984: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Nora Wise [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 27, 1984), 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 28, 1984), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from John Lunsford, Senior Curator of the Dallas Museum of Art, to Nora Wise (dated December 29, 1984), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

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General Description
This serving vessel reflects aspects of elite feasting and the use of vibrant polychrome slip paints developed on the south coast, applied here to profile zoomorphic faces that encircle the flaring bowl and exude plant forms that likely represent maize.

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

Archival Resources

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Notes
  • Wari (Huari), Middle Horizon (Epoch 2A), A.D. 700-750, updated by KJones in TMS on 10/15/13, 11/29/13, 01/03/14, and 06/18/14.
  • 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

Historical periods
Middle Horizon Period: AAT: 300017300

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
face: DMA
human: DMA
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
maize (zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
feasts: AAT: 300069097
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
Until 1984: Nora and John Wise, New York [1], [2]

From 1984: Dallas Museum of Art, the Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Nora Wise [1], [2], [3]

[1] The main source for this provenance is Acquisition Record (dated December 27, 1984), 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 28, 1984), copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[3] The main source for this provenance is letter from John Lunsford, Senior Curator of the Dallas Museum of Art, to Nora Wise (dated December 29, 1984), 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
%Archived
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
ritual (events): AAT: 300065284
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
profiles (vantage point for figure): AAT: 300123319
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
feasts: AAT: 300069097
maize (plant/zea mays species): AAT: 300375398
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
bowls (vessels): AAT: 300203596
polychrome: AAT: 300252261
serving dishes: AAT: 300198294
humans (homo sapiens species): AAT: 300265711
Wari (Huari): AAT: 300017283
Wari (Huari): TGN: 1024536
Middle Horizon period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017300
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