art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to random

For #UnsolicitedDuckPicDay, check out this #duck on display at the American Museum of Natural History:
“Ceramic whistling bottle molded and painted to represent a muscovy duck, a South American domesticate.”
🆔 Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata)
“Sican style, Peru” - Sican aka Lambayeque culture, c. 750-1375 CE
#IndigenousArt #SouthAmericanArt #PeruvianArt #BirdsInArt

art_history_animalia, 4 months ago to random

#TapirTuesday:
Earthenware #Tapir
Kari'na culture, Suriname, before 1914
6.5 x 12.5 cm (2 9/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam TM-7-106: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11840/178081
"Finely pounded charred bark of the kwepi tree is mixed with the clay as a binding agent in a 1:1 ratio, then shaped and baked."
#IndigenousArt #SouthAmericanArt

art_history_animalia, 7 months ago to random

More from Virginia Museum of Fine Arts visit:

1. Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a #Llama
   Chavin (Peru), 500 BCE - 100 CE
   Terracotta w/ polychrome slips
2. Stirrup Vessel in the Form of a #Duck
   Moche (Peru), 200-500 CE
   Terracotta w/ polychrome slips
   #IndigenousArt #SouthAmericanArt #PeruvianArt

Moche duck effigy vessel with stirrup spout on display at museum