id:			155050
accession number:	1989.66
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.66
updated:		2019-11-18 11:47:59.582000

Bird-Shaped Container, 500-900. Peru, Wari style (500-900). Wood; overall: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1989.66

title:				Bird-Shaped Container
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creation date:			500-900
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		900
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creditline:			Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
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culture:	Peru, Wari style (500-900)
technique:	wood
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1989
	opening date:   1990-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1989</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Alan Lapiner
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	Alan Lapiner
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wall description: 
Peruvian Indians today regard coca leaf as a sacred substance that creates communion with deities. The leaves are chewed with powdered lime that in antiquity was stored in containers and scooped with spatulas like those seen here. Aside from its ritual meaning, coca has practical benefits: it is vitamin-rich and, like coffee, induces clear-headedness. The lizard spatula is Nasca; the other two are Wari.
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