Skull Vessel (500–900): Art, History and Details
Skull Vessel at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 500–900, earthenware with colored slips. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Skull Vessel (500–900) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This vessel's clear, vibrant color reveals the inspiration of Wari ceramics in those of the South Coast Nasca. The twin spouts joined by a flat, handle-like bridge are also an old South Coast spout type.
Object facts
- Title: Skull Vessel
- Date: 500–900
- Culture: Wari (Pachacamac) style, Middle Horizon, Epoch 2
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: earthenware with colored slips
- Dimensions: Overall: 14.5 x 17.8 x 12.6 cm (5 11/16 x 7 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Collection: AA - Andes
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1996.292
Collection credit
John L. Severance Fund
Further reading listed by the museum
- Posnansky, Arthur. Tihuanacu: The Cradle of American Man. New York: J.J. Augustin, 1945.
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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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