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Hunter effigy vessel
Chancay
Late Intermediate period
AD 800-1450
Object Place: Peru, Central Coast
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with brown slip paint
Dimensions
Overall: 41.9 × 25.4 × 26.7 cm (16 1/2 × 10 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number2015.2221
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionHuman effigy jar modeled in the form of a mummy bundle. The figure is a hunter with a trussed deer carried on his shoulders. He is adorned with high-status jewelry, head wrap, and tunic.
ProvenanceAbout 1960s, moved with a private collection from Bolivia to Houston, TX [see note]; mid-1970s, sold from this private collection to Dr. Edward Heyne, Houston; May 14, 1991, anonymous (Heyne) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 12, to a private collection, Florida; May 15, 2015, anonymous (private Florida collection) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, lot 5, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)
NOTE:
According to information provided by Sotheby’s auction house, Dr. Heyne purchased the piece in the mid-1970s from a patient who had moved from Bolivia to Houston sometime in the 1960s, bringing her art collection with her.
NOTE:
According to information provided by Sotheby’s auction house, Dr. Heyne purchased the piece in the mid-1970s from a patient who had moved from Bolivia to Houston sometime in the 1960s, bringing her art collection with her.