Unknown Central and South American
Storage Jar (Aryballos)

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Storage Jar (Aryballos)
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Artist
CultureInca
Titles
  • Storage Jar (Aryballos)
  • Urpu
Date1400–1532
Possible placeEcuador
Possible placeBolivia
Possible placeChile
Possible placePeru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions8 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (22.2 × 17.1 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harry K. Wright Collection
Object number2015.481
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceHarry K. Wright (1928–2015), Houston, 1950s–2015; by descent to Francis T. Kalmbach (1935–2016), Houston, 2015; given to MFAH, 2015.

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