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Artifacts - South America - stone, pottery, gold, textiles, beads

Mayta / Chiribaya

Ceramic Cup

circa 1000 AD

PRICE $650

dimensions:

approx 4 1/4" diameter x 4" deep

Beautiful ceramic cup with deep cylindrical body and loop handle. Polychrome design painted in three colors over a reddish brown background. Decorated with triangular geometric and linear zig-zag designs in brown, black, and creamy white.

Excellent Condition. Typical wear from age.

No chips or cracks.

...Around 1000 AD, the Tiwanaku state collapsed. The temple at Omo and many Chen Chen phase villages were intentionally destroyed, suggesting some kind of upheaval. The people who remained moved to defensible locations. Some, maybe immigrants from the coastal valley, adopted the Chiribaya style of pottery and textiles. This style was quite different from the Tiwanaku style, and was most popular in the coastal valley, which had never been part of the Tiwanaku state.

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