#Baturday 🦇:
Cupisnique artist; Tembladera,
North Coast, Peru
Bottle with leaf-nosed #bat head, 1200-800 BCE
Ceramic, cinnabar
On display at The Met (1978.412.210)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt #AncientArt

#FoxFriday 🦊 at the Ancient Americas wing of the Met:
Moche artist(s); North Coast, Peru
Stirrup-spout bottle with #fox head and clubs, 500-800 CE
Ceramic, slip
1983.546.4
#AndeanArt #PeruvianArt #IndigenousArt

#FrogFriday in the Ancient Americas wing at the Met 🐸:
Moche artist(s); North Coast, Peru Stirrup-spout bottle with #toad 200-500 CE
Ceramic, slip
1992.60.8
#AndeanArt #PeruvianArt #IndigenousArt

Fragment of a Band (with #tadpole design!)
Nazca culture, Peru (South Coast),
Early Intermediate period, c.400–700 CE
Camelid fiber & cotton
56 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (142.8 x 3.5 cm)
Saint Louis Art Museum 185:1944 https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/36390/
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt
#Frogs

#FrogFriday 🐸:
Silver #Frog Ornament
Sican / Lambayeque, Northern Peru, c. 800-1100 CE
5.125" W x 5.375" H (13 cm x 13.7 cm)
Artemis Gallery via https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/artemis-gallery/sican-silver-frog-ornament-1105012
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt

#FrogFriday 🐸:
#Frog Stirrup Vessel (with bas relief corn stalks & painted beans!)
Moche culture, North Coast Peru, c.400 CE
Bi-chrome pottery, 8.25" L x 5.5" W x 8.5" H (21 x 14 x 21.6 cm)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/80896960_moche-bi-chrome-pottery-stirrup-vessel-bullfrog-louisville-co

#TwoForTuesday:
Noserings (w/ #crustaceans)
Mochica (Moche) culture, Peru, Early Intermediate (200-600 CE) / Origin: Huaca Cao Viejo
Bimetallic gold & silver w/ inlaid shell & stone eyes
El Brujo Archaeological Complex EBBME00000-13,20
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt
https://www.elbrujo.pe/catalogo/?paginate=1&cultural=1&material=7&objeto=41

#MetalMonday :
Nose ring with #scorpions
Mochica (Moche) culture, Early Intermediate Period (200-600 CE)
Origin: Huaca Cao Viejo (Upper Platform, NW Courtyard)
Bimetallic gold & silver
El Brujo Archaeological Complex EBBME00000-22 https://www.elbrujo.pe/catalogo/?paginate=1&cod=EBBME00000-22&material=7&objeto=41&prov=HCAO&detalle=117#detalle
#IndigenousArt #PeruvianArt #AndeanArt

#SeaLion Effigy Vessel
Moche culture, Peru, c.200-800 CE
Polychrome ceramic, H 10 3/8 in. (26.35 cm)
https://freemansauction.com/auctions/2069-antiquities-and-ancient-art/lot/38
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt

#TwoForTuesday :
Double Chambered Bottle
Representing a Spondylus #Shell and Strombus Shell
Moche culture, North coast Peru, 1st-7th c.
Earthenware, slip
On display at Baltimore Museum of Art (2005.31)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt #PeruvianArt #Mollusks