Cleveland Museum of Art
Vessel with Pudu
- Date
- 500–200 BCE (thermoluminescence date, 1190–90 BCE)
- Medium
- ceramic
- Culture
- Central Andes, North Coast, Chongoyape, Formative period
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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