Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Brooklyn Museum Collection

Terracotta modeled head with basket handle and rounded base. Face has nose in high relief with punched nostrils, applied round eyes, notched mouth and double circular-incised ears. Breakage restored.

Cream-coloured effigy jar with flaring rim and feet design on rounded base. Modeled central head decoration with large ear ornaments, incised mouth and animal headdress with semi-lunar design on top. Stylized flat felines on each side with noses in high relief and orange-red on cream body. Breakage repaired.

Shark modeled effigy jar with wide-tubular spout on top. Body has black painted dots on cream background, brown belly and cream dots on red-brown band at rim. Incised decoration of five gill slits at both sides of body, eyes, nostrils and mouth. In relief dorsal, pectoral, pelvic and anal fin. Breakage repaired.

Head modeled jar with flat base and rounded rim. Terracotta with cream, orange-brown and black slip. Vertical bands at back and cream horizontal bands on ears. Broken and restored.

Burnished guinea pig effigy jar with flaring spout in its back. Legs and elongated eyes in high relief, incised nose and mouth and rounded rim in spout. Modeled and molded technique. Breakage restored.

Snail effigy jar with polish technique on surface and flaring rim. Body has four horizontal lines in low-relief. Restored.

Moche version of a Recuay flaring spout jar with a vertical strap handle and flat base. Terracotta with cream and red-brown slip. Human figure to front with poncho and legs in relief. Figure flanked by pumas with projecting heads and bodies in relief. Partially restored.

Head neck jar with a side loop handle, flat base. Head in relief, incised ears and prominent eyes, nose and lips. Arms in relief and in “L” position. Terracotta with traces of red-brown, black and gray geometric designs: decor on two light orange slip bands. Molded manufacture. Not restored.