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- Artist
- Unknown (Peruvian, Moche People)
- Title
- Owl Effigy Vessel
- Date
- ca. 400
- Medium
- Earthenware with slip decoration
- Dimensions
- 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. Overall
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Malcolm K. Whyte
- Accession No.
- 1973.101
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Geography
- Peru
Related
Before 1973, probably* acquired in the vicinity of Chiclayo (Peru) by Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm K. Whyte (Milwaukee, WI); October 1973, gifted by Mrs. Malcolm K. Whyte (Milwaukee, WI) to the Elvehjem Art Center. *The general file for this gift collection contains a letter from Mrs. Whyte explaining that the Peruvian pottery she gifted “mostly came from a family living in the vicinity of Chiclayo.”
- Elvehjem Art Center, "Shapes and Designs of Ancient Peru." Madison: Elvehjem Art Center, 1977. no. 69
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