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Réceptacle Chancay

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Anthropomorphic receptacle presenting a squatting priest or shaman trying to hold a potion receptacle in his hands. He wears a crown, disc-shaped tambas and his face is decorated with ceremonial paintings. Polychrome terracotta. Small crack on the left shoulder, a few scattered splinters. Chancay, Peru, 1100 to 1400 A.D. H: 39 cm.