Vessel

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Culture Chimú

Title Vessel

Date 10th–late 15th century

Medium Clay

Dimensions Object: 3 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (7.6 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm)
Overall: 3 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (7.6 × 5.7 × 3.5 cm)

Credit Line Collection of Jose Luis de Matute (d '99). Gift of David Henry Jacobs, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2011.326

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Chimú culture created the second largest empire of the ancient Andes, strong enough to keep the Inca at bay, for at least a time. While the Inca Empire eventually conquered the Chimú, ca. 1470, their artists were so highly valued that many were forcibly relocated to the Inca capital.

The majority of Chimú ceramics are a mold-made polished blackware. Common shapes include animals, particularly birds, as well as warriors, gods, or figures from mythology.

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