Stirrup Spout Vessel with Feathers and Bosses

Culture: Cupisnique
Period: Early Horizon period, c.900–200 BCE
Date: c.1000–600 BCE
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 5 1/2 in. (21 x 14 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Morton D. May
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 185:1979

- 1971
Everett Rassiga Inc. [Everett Rassiga (1922–2003)], New York, NY, USA

1971 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. [1]

1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]

Notes:
[1] An invoice dated February 6, 1971 from Everett Gallery Inc. to Morton D. May documents this purchase, listed as "Chavin classic vessel with feathers and bosses" [May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum].

[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 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, October 10, 1979.

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