DepartmentLatin America
Jar
NameJar
Culturelate Inca
Dateca. 1500 (probably)
Mediumbuff paste
Dimensionsoverall: 20 CM H
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mrs. Eloisa Brown Jones, A.1972.15.4
Object numberA.1972.15.4
Description"Aryballos". Pointed bottom, beehive shaped body, long, constricted neck flaring out at rim. Has pair of lugs on widest part of body and second pair, very small, under rim for hanging up.
c. 2500 B.C.; Neolithic period
late 17th or early 18th c.
200 BCE-600CE
ca. 6th AD (?)
