MAKE A MEME View Large Image Recuay - Painted Dipper Vessel - Walters 482838.jpg This dipper vessel was made by the Recuay a north-central Andean people who were contemporaries of the Mochica The potter used a resist technique strips of wax or clay laid on and then ...
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Keywords: Recuay - Painted Dipper Vessel - Walters 482838.jpg This dipper vessel was made by the Recuay a north-central Andean people who were contemporaries of the Mochica The potter used a resist technique strips of wax or clay laid on and then they whole dipped in dye or slip leaving the covered sections uncolored to elaborate the outer surface with step fret designs around the rim and dragon-like animals on the body alternating in orange and yellow with a black background This creature has been called the Moon Monster in the literature on ancient Recuay art or a crested jaguar G Kubler Art and Architecture of Ancient America 1993 375 and is characterized by its feline features toothy mouth curled element on the nose and the crest extending behind the head Like many supernatural creatures in world mythology the Moon animal is a composite of several animals Similar dragons in Maya and Aztec art were related to the sun and the Milky Way AD 1-650 Early Intermediate ceramic buffware with polychrome cm 7 94 24 8 accession number 48 2838 79383 Economos Works of Art Santa Fe New Mexico date and mode of acquisition unknown Private collection 1991 by purchase Walters Art Museum Anonymous gift 2009 place of origin Peru Walters Art Museum license Pre-Columbian art in the Walters Art Museum Recuay pottery Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Dipper vessels
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