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Bound Deer Effigy Vessel
1000–1460s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This vessel was made by an artist of the Chimú Empire of Peru’s north coast. In the art of the Moche, an earlier culture in the region, the deer had complex symbolism related to ritual combat and the capture of prisoners. A memory of that symbolism may survive here in the binding of the deer’s feet.
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Details
- Title: Bound Deer Effigy Vessel
- Date Created: 1000–1460s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 18.7 x 24 x 13 cm (7 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Alan Lapiner, New York, NY, sold to a Private Collector, Private Collector, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.59
- Medium: Ceramic
- Fun Fact: Chimú potters fired their vessels in an atmosphere of reduced oxygen to achieve a uniform black surface.
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Andes, North Coast, Chimú people
- Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 2017.59
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