An exhibited Chimu-Inca Double Bird Effigy Vessel, Late Intermediate Period - Late Horizon, ca. 1100 - 1500 CE Architectural In many respects

In many respects

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(1925 - 2017 )

An exhibited Chimu-Inca Double Bird Effigy Vessel, Late Intermediate Period - Late Horizon, ca. 1100 - 1500 CE Architectural In many respectsA 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