Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 300 to 500 CE. An intriguing handmade and stone burnished pottery canchero vessel (also known as a corn popper or water dipper) presenting in saucer form with a bulbous body with a small circular opening and a long slender handle embellished at the end with the finely sculpted head of a male. Staring out from heavy-lidded eyes, the handle's face displays a large nose, an elongated mouth, and prominent nasolabial folds, all capped with a helmet-like coiffure or headdress. Liberal remains of beige pigment adorn the figure's head and eyes, while the rest of the vessel is enveloped in a lustrous shade of red. A lightly incised circle additionally adorns the annular rim of the ancient vessel. Size: 11" L x 7.25" W x 4.75" H (27.9 cm x 18.4 cm x 12.1 cm)

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Provenance: ex-Ashland University Museum, Ashland, Ohio, USA, donated to Ashland University between July 1994 to December 1998

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Collection label on base. Some repair and restoration to rim. Fading to pigment. Otherwise, excellent.