Miniature hemispherical brown steatite cup. Polish technique on surface. Unbroken, well preserved.

Miniature steatite cup with flat base and cylindrical shape. Two incised upturned deity faces, one with vegetal appendages, the other with a row of fangs following the lip line over the nose and chin. Traces of cinnabar in the incisions. Broken and repaired.

Hemispherical burnished gray-brown bowl with rounded base and rim. Geometrical incised designs of reed stamp circles on top outer surface. Moulded manufacture technique. Broken and repaired.

Modified hemispherical greyware bowl decorated on the exterior sides with vertical serpentine motifs in alternating orange-red and cream-coloured paints. The bowl has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there are some small pieces missing.

Modified hemispherical greyware bowl with a beveled lip and broad line cross-hatched incised decoration on the exterior sides. There is a thin crack on one side, beginning at the lip and extending down the side.

Single spout globular greyware bottle with incised four point calyx motif decoration around base of spout. The base is slightly rounded.

Modified hemispherical greyware bowl with nine double reed­stamped concentric circles with a single central dot spaced evenly around the exterior rim. The clay is grey-brown over the interior and exterior rim, and becomes more orange around the base. The base itself is grey, and there are dark spots over the exterior surface. There are two chips on the rim at the lip.

Orange-brown compressed ovoid greyware bowl with an in-curving rim and eight double reed-stamped concentric circles with central dots evenly spaced around the body on the exterior. The dipper has been completely broken and reconstructed, and there is a hole in the side of the bowl where the shot handle (part b) would have attached. Approximately 2.5 cm of the handle's base is missing.

Strombus-shell trumpet with an elaborate, incised design of a human figure blowing on a conch shell with a cascade of serpents emanating from it, possibly alluding to the sacred nature of the sounds produced. The ancient Chavin people probably used shell trumpets during rituals because such activities are depicted on architectural friezes and monumental sculpture. Drill holes suggest that the piece could have been suspended on a cord, perhaps from the neck of a priest. Condition: excellent.

Gift of The Roebling Society