Vessel with Pudu
Unknown Artist
500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE)
Medium
ceramic
Dimensions
17.8 × 12.7 × 11.4 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Art of the Americas
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Accession Number
2008.33
About this artwork
This bound pudu—a small reddish deer indigenous to the Andes—lies atop a chamber with fanged supernatural heads incised on the sides. The animal may represent a sacrificial offering.