File:Peru, North Coast, Cupisnique style - Cup - 1954.797 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Cup   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Cup
Object type Stone
Description
While Chavín held sway in the highlands, coastal artists produced many objects in non-Chavín styles. Such is the case with these small, finely-carved, stone containers, which were part of north coast ritual paraphernalia, though their specific use in unclear. Both bear complex designs based on fanged heads in profile that lack lower jaws.
Date c. 900-600 BC
Medium Steatite
Dimensions Overall: 6 x 5.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Art of the Americas
Accession number
1954.797
Place of creation Peru, North Coast, Cupisnique style (1200-200 BC)
Credit line John L. Severance Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.797

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