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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.

Dipper

100 BCE–700 CE

Peru, North Highlands, Recuay

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