An exhibited Chimu-Inca Double Bird Effigy Vessel, Late Intermediate Period - Late Horizon, ca. 1100 - 1500 CE Architectural and the ancient Americas

and the ancient Americas

Solid cast in the round using the lost wax method and elegantly proportioned

During ancient times

some minor losses that do not detract

These color variations are inherent to anhydrite and make each vessel unique

An exhibited Chimu-Inca Double Bird Effigy Vessel, Late Intermediate Period - Late Horizon, ca. 1100 - 1500 CE Architectural and the ancient AmericasA striking blackware stirrup spout vessel featuring the conjoined effigies of two long billed water birds, likely shorebirds or cormorants, rendered in a dynamic and naturalistic pose. One bird is shown preening the neck of the other, while the second turns its head back across its body. Both figures are sculpted with tight wings, bulbous eyes, and prominent beaks, each anchoring one end of the stirrup spout that rises centrally. The vessel rests on a