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Ceramic stirrup-spout bottles in the form of a and a (ID’d here as a puma)
c. 1100-1400 CE
Chimú culture, North coast of Peru
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian display

This type of grey-black ceramic was a signature Chimú style.

#twofortuesday #duck #feline #indigenousart #peruvianart #andeanart

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Chimú artist(s), Peru
Stirrup-spout bottle with
1100-1470 CE
Ceramic
on display at the Met
“Grey-black ceramics became the signature ware of the Chimú. Even though this stirrup-spout bottle was created some 2,000 years after the earliest Cupisnique vessels, its feline shape attests to the enduring traditions in ancient Peruvian ceramics.”

#caturday #feline #indigenousart #andeanart

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Botanical
, 100-800 CE
Ceramic, 27.5x17x21cm
Part of the “Garden Nature in the Medieval World” exhibition at Dumbarton Oaks (PC.B.596)
“This supernatural creature, known as the Botanical Frog, combines frog, feline, and plant attributes.“

#frogfriday #frogsforfriday #frog #moche #indigenousart #andeanart

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