Stirrup Vessel in the Shape of an Owl

A.D. 300–450

Ceramic with pigment

20.1 × 11 × 16.5 cm (7 15/16 × 4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Gift of the grandchildren of George Hewitt Myers, B.A. 1898, M.F. 1902

2014.27.13

Geography:

Central Andes, Peru

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Central Andes, North Coast, Moche

Period:

Early Intermediate Period

Classification:

Containers - Ceramics

Provenance:

Deposited by George Hewitt Myers at the Yale University Art Gallery in 1939, upon death of George Hewitt Myers, all tangible property was passed on to his wife, Louise Chase Myers, and upon her death, all tangible property was passed to her and George Hewitt Myers’ grandchildren.

Bibliography:

Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1976), 129, no. 269.

Dr. Christopher B. Donnan, Moche Art of Peru: Pre-Columbian Symbolic Communication (Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 1978), 131, fig. 204.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.