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Anthropomorphic fox effigy jar
Moche / modern casting (?)
Early Intermediate Period / modern era
A.D. 50–800 / 20th century
Object Place: Peru, North Coast
Medium/Technique
Earthenware: black surface encrustation (slip paint?)
Dimensions
23.8 x 12 x 12.2 cm (9 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of E. W. Hooper
Accession Number78.111
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionJar modeled in the form of a seated, anthropomorphic fox. The vessel may be of 20th-century origin but made from an ancient mold. The surface is covered with a dull, black, slip-like coating and with remains of an orange slip.
ProvenanceEdward William Hooper (1839-1901), Boston, by 1878; to MFA, December 1878, gift of Edward William Hooper.