Dipper (100 BCE–700 CE): Art, History and Details
Dipper at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 100 BCE–700 CE, ceramic, slip. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Dipper (100 BCE–700 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Dipper
- Date: 100 BCE–700 CE
- Culture: Peru, North Highlands, Recuay
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: ceramic, slip
- Dimensions: Diameter: 10 x 17.5 cm (3 15/16 x 6 7/8 in.); Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 2006.157
Collection credit
Alma Kroeger Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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