Vessel with Pudu (500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE)): Art, History and Details

Vessel with Pudu (500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE)) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This bound pudu—a small reddish deer indigenous to the Andes—lies atop a chamber with fanged supernatural heads incised on the sides. The animal may represent a sacrificial offering.

Object facts

• Title: Vessel with Pudu
• Date: 500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE)
• Culture: Central Andes, North Coast, Chongoyape, Formative period
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: ceramic
• Dimensions: Overall: 17.8 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm (7 x 5 x 4 1/2 in.)
• Collection: AA - Andes
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 2008.33

Collection credit

The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• Simmons, Lisa, and Sue Bergh. "A South American Bestiary." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 48, no. 9 (November 2008): 5-7.

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