Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 500–1000 (Middle Horizon period)
- Culture/People
- probably Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Arthur Posnansky (Arturo Posnansky), Non-Indian, 1873-1946
- Seller
- Arthur Posnansky (Arturo Posnansky), Non-Indian, 1873-1946
- Presenter/funding source
- Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Arthur (Arturo) Posnansky (1873-1946, an amateur archaeologist in La Paz, Bolivia); purchased by MAI from Arthur Posnansky in 1944 using proceeds from collection sales to the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York).
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- Place
- Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku); Ingavi Province; La Paz Department; Bolivia
- See related items
- Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/6327
- Barcode
- 206327.000
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Object Name
- Jar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Modeled, painted, painted
- Dimensions
- 16 x 13 x 7 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_219616