Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque culture, ca. 900 to 1250 CE. A hand-built ring-form vessel with a relatively flat base, a ring-shaped body with an open central gap, a pair of musician figures standing on the front, and a tapered spout projecting from the verso, all decorated with red and black pigment atop an orange-yellow ground. A wide, concave strap handle arches between the bottom of the spout and the back of the larger musician figure. The larger musician wears a tiered cap and holds a mallet against the drumhead with his left hand, and a shorter musician standing next to him holds a flute to his mouth with both hands. A whistle tone hole on the handle end opposite the spout does not create any audible note when air is blown into the spout. Size: 6.7" L x 6.2" W x 6.8" H (17 cm x 15.7 cm x 17.3 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Arte Textile, San Francisco, California, USA, 1980s

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#170832

Repaired with restoration in some areas. Abrasions, light fading to pigment, and softening to some finer details on musicians. Nice preservation to polychrome pigment throughout. Whistle on handle no longer functions.