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Dipper

100 BCE–700 CE

Peru, North Highlands, Recuay

Medium
ceramic, slip
Measurements
Diameter: 10 x 17.5 cm (3 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Alma Kroeger Fund 2006.157
Public Domain
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Location
232 Andean
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Description

Both of these objects feature a creature known as the "Recuay feline," although it could also refer to a fox, dog, or viscacha (a rodent). Whatever its identity, the prominent crest on its head ties it to the supernatural realm, a connection underlined by the deity head that also appears on the dipper and by the ritual function of snuff tablets, which were used to inhale hallucinogenic snuffs during religious ceremonies.
Tan earthenware forms this rounded, dipper-shaped vessel with a long spout curving upward to our left. Dark brown slip paints repeating scrolls and stylized figures across the body, partitioned by vertical bands. A circular opening sits atop the vessel's center. Perched on the spout's tip, a small monkey sits facing our right with hands raised to its mouth. The vessel rests on a flat, dark base, its surface smooth.

Dipper

100 BCE–700 CE

Peru, North Highlands, Recuay

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