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Chimu Terracotta Canteen - DA.439
Origin: Northern Coast of Peru
Circa: 1300
AD
to 1500
AD
Dimensions:
6.25" (15.9cm) high
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Chimu
Medium: Terracotta
Condition: Extra Fine
$3,600.00
Location: United States
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The Chimú were the residents of Chimor with its
capital at the city of Chan Chan, a large adobe
city, in the Moche valley of Trujillo,Peru. The Inca
ruler Tupac Inca Yupanqui led the campaign
which conquered just fifty years before the
arrival of the Spanish in the region. Spanish
chroniclers were able to record accounts of
Chimú culture from individuals who had lived
before the Inca conquest. Archaeological
evidence suggest that Chimor grew out of the
remnants of the Moche culture; early Chimú
pottery had some resemblance to Moche pottery.
Their ceramics are all black and their metalwork
is very detailed and intricate.The Chimu were
also known for worshiping the moon, unlike the
Inca who worshiped the sun. The Chimu viewed
the sun as a destroyer. This is likely due to the
harshness of the sun in the desert environment
they lived in.
The Chimú are best known for their distinctive
monochromatic pottery and fine metal working
of copper, gold, silver, bronze, and tumbago
(copper and gold). The pottery is often in the
shape of a creature, or has a human figure
sitting or standing on a cuboid bottle. The shiny
black finish of most Chimú pottery is not
achieved by using glazes, but instead is achieved
by firing the pottery at high temperatures in a
closed kiln which prevents oxygen from reacting
with the clay.
- (DA.439)
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