id: 168438 accession number: 2010.210 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.210 updated: 2020-11-04 22:08:07.592000 Mother-and-Child? Vessel, 1-700. Central Andes, Peru, North Coast, Recuay people, 1st-7th century. Ceramic, slip, pigment; overall: 20.4 x 15.3 x 15.3 cm (8 1/16 x 6 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2010.210 title: Mother-and-Child? Vessel title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1-700 creation date earliest: 1 creation date latest: 700 current location: 232 Andean creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Central Andes, Peru, North Coast, Recuay people, 1st-7th century technique: ceramic, slip, pigment department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 20.4 x 15.3 x 15.3 cm (8 1/16 x 6 x 6 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: Recuay ceramics typically use only three colors: black, white, and red. digital description: wall description: Well-dressed, important women like this one are depicted fairly often in Recuay art. These women hold a variety of things, ranging from cups that may refer to feasts held on important political occasions to small figures commonly interpreted as children, as here. These and other representations have led scholars to suggest that Recuay women held authority independent of their male partners; their authority may have stemmed in part from involvement in feasting celebrations. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.210/2010.210_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.210/2010.210_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.210/2010.210_full.tif