Stirrup Spout Jar

Culture: Chavín, c.1400–c.500 BCE
Period: Early Horizon period, c.900–200 BCE
Date: 800 BCE–200 CE
Material: Ceramic
made in: Peru, South America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (21 x 17.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 285:1978

- 1968
Everett Rassiga (1922–2003), New York, NY, USA

1968 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]

1978 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated November 23, 1968 from Everett Rassiga Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "Chavin blackware stirrup vessel, from Tembladera" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated September 29, 1978 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, includes the offer of this object as part of a larger donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 13, 1978.

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