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Vessel with Stirrup Spout
500-200 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The stirrup spout first appeared on the North Coast in the ceramics of the Cupisnique culture, a Chavín contemporary, and remained an important North Coast spout form until the time of the Spanish conquest. It probably had symbolic meaning, now lost.
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Details
- Title: Vessel with Stirrup Spout
- Date Created: 500-200 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 22.8 x 17.2 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.192
- Medium: earthenware
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Peru, North Coast, Cupisnique style (1200-200 BC)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Helen Humphreys
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Accession Number: 1968.192
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