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stirrup cup

On display
human history
  • Description

    stirrup cup, ceramic. Spherical enclosed body with a flat base. Narrow cylindrical neck is 60mm long. Neck branches to attach to the shoulder at 2 places, as a loop forming the "stirrup". Decoration is present on one side at the base of the neck. Handmade. Red slip burnishing, There is a visible crack around part of the shoulder continuing on the body. Peru

  • Place
    Peru
  • Accession Number
    1952.160.7
  • Accession Date
    30 Dec 1952
  • Other Id

    33367 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

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Images

  • jar, 1952.160.7, 33367, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 01 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, 1952.160.7, 33367, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 01 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, 1952.160.7, 33367, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 01 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, 1952.160.7, 33367, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 01 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • jar, 1952.160.7, 33367, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 01 Aug 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • redware stirrup pot
  • redware stirrup pot
  • redware stirrup pot base

Artefact

  • Display location

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

  • Place
    Peru
  • Media

    ceramic/inorganic material

  • Measurement Reading

    89mm

    75mm

    28mm

    402mm

  • Last Update
    02 May 2018
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