ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Vessel with Puma Head

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureMoche

PeriodEarly Intermediate

Date1-600 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of David and Birgit McQueen

Dimensions9 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (24.1 x 17.5 x 17.5 cm)

Object number2011.032.003

Exhibition HistoryMyths of Ancient Peru (travelling show), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, October 7 - November 30, 1969; Tennessee Fine Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee, December 15, 1969 - January 12, 1970; Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida, January 26 - February 23, 1970; Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida, March 9 - April 6, 1970; Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 4 - June 1, 1970; Birmingham Museum Art, Birmingham, Alabama, June 15 - July 13, 1970; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, July 27 - August 24, 1970; The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 13 - October 18, 1970
'For I am the Black Jaguar': Shamanic Visionary Experience in Ancient American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesWilliam L. Hommel, Myths of Ancient Peru (Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1969), 18, number 17.

ProvenanceEx coll. David V. McQueen, United States, by 1969.

Status

On view

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