id:			165256
accession number:	2007.193
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.193
updated:		2023-03-20 10:12:18.754000

Sacrificer Container, 770–890 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Central Andes, Wari style (600-1000). Wood and cinnabar; overall: 10.8 x 7 x 7.5 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2007.193

title:				Sacrificer Container
title in original language:	
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creation date:			770–890 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		770
creation date latest:		890
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Central Andes, Wari style (600-1000)
technique:	wood and cinnabar
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Wood
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 10.8 x 7 x 7.5 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Erich Stumpf, Austria
	date: ?-1967
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	Anton Roeckl, Irschenberg, Germany
	date: 1967-2007
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	(David Bernstein Fine Art, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2007
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2007-
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fun fact:
Traces of cinnabar, a toxic mercuric sulfide, are visible on the container's surface.

digital description:


wall description:
This container assumes the shape of a magnificent, feline-headed, supernatural sacrificer who draws a knife across the throat of the human it holds in its lap. Severed human heads hang from the feline's belt and dangle by the trachea at the back of its headdress. Sacrifice had a place in Wari religious practice, probably as an unusual and exceptionally precious offering made to entice the benevolence of cosmic forces. Indeed, colonial-period Andean people believed that death was a prerequisite for the renewal of the world.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. <em>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.</em> [New York]: Thames &amp; Hudson; [Cleveland] : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 243-244, p. 278, cat. 164; Reproduced: p. 242-243, fig. 233
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 333
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