Beaker with animal heads
Condorhuasi-Alamito artist(s)
500 BCE–500 CE · Stone · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
This beaker flares slightly at the rim and features two zoomorphic feline heads as opposing handles. The faces of the felines are lightly incised, indicating the mouths and nostrils. The Condorhuasi-Alamito peoples were llama pastoralists in the area that is now the Catamarca province of Argentina. They were skilled artisans in a variety of media, including ceramic, metal, and stone. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Condorhuasi-Alamito peoples maintained extensive long-distance contacts with other regions, including the important site of Tiwanaku, near Lake Titicaca in what is now Bolivia.
- Artist
- Condorhuasi-Alamito artist(s)
- Date
- 500 BCE–500 CE
- Medium
- Stone
- Culture
- Condorhuasi-Alamito
- Department
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Credit line
- Gift of Claudia Quentin, 2016
