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Beaker

Culture Chancay
Title Beaker
Date 1000–1450
Medium Clay
Dimensions Object: 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 × 3 13/16 in. (16.4 × 10.6 × 9.7 cm)
Overall: 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 × 3 13/16 in. (16.4 × 10.6 × 9.7 cm)
Credit Line Collection of Jose Lios de Matute (d'99), gift of David Henry Jacobs, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2011.335

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Throughout the precolonial Americas, vessels were formed by hand, as was this example, or made in molds. The bead pod on this beaker was applied before firing.


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"Beaker | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2011.335