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About this work
While Chavín held sway in the highlands, coastal artists produced many objects in non-Chavín styles. Such is the case with these small, finely-carved, stone containers, which were part of north coast ritual paraphernalia, though their specific use in unclear. Both bear complex designs based on fanged heads in profile that lack lower jaws.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineContainer, 1200–200 BCE. Peru, North Coast, Cupisnique style. Steatite; overall: 6.6 x 9.3 cm (2 5/8 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1955.167
