Double-spouted Vessel with Man’s Head

Culture: Paracas
Period: Early Horizon period, c.900–200 BCE
Date: c.300–0 BCE
Material: Ceramic with pigment
from: Peru, South America
Classification: Ceramics, containers
Collection: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 5 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (13.5 x 11 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 368:1978

- 1965
Alan C. Lapiner (1933–1975), New York, NY, USA

1965 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Alan C. Lapiner [1]

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

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated October 25, 1965 from Alan C. Lapiner to May Department Store documents this purchase, listed as "65552 R-14 Paracas small Jar w/ human figure on front" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated September 19, 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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