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Vessel with Litter Group
600–1000
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The sculptural scene atop this vessel's chamber depicts four porters who carry a dignitary in a litter, a high-status mode of transport. Reportedly found at Wari Wilka, a highland water shrine, the vessel empties via a long channel that passes through the body of the dignitary.
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- Title: Vessel with Litter Group
- Date Created: 600–1000
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 28 x 16 x 14 cm (11 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Dr. Gálvez Durand, Huancayo, Peru, Christoph Bernoulli, Basel, Switzerland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.36
- Medium: ceramic and slip
- Fun Fact: Litters were a mode of transportation reserved for people of high social status.
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Central Andes, central highlands, reportedly Wari Wilka, Wari style, 6th-10th century
- Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 2011.36
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