Jar in the Form of a Figure Holding a Drum and Carrying a Child

Provenance

B. J. Wassermann-San Blás (born c. 1874), Buenos Aires, by 1938 [Wassermann-San Blás, 1938]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1954; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.

Jar in the Form of a Figure Holding a Drum and Carrying a Child

Chimú-Inca

1200–1450

Accession Number

9122

Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

H.: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)

Classification

blackware (black basaltes)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Nathan Cummings