Human-headed Jar with Two Leg Chambers

Human-headed Jar with Two Leg Chambers

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Human-headed Jar with Two Leg Chambers
CultureVicús
Titles
  • Human-headed Jar with Two Leg Chambers
Date200 BC–400 AD
PlacePiura Valley, Peru
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions15 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (40 × 9.5 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number67.5
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[André Emmerich (1924–2007) Gallery, New York, until 1967]; purchased by MFAH, 1967.

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