Pre Columbian Pottery : Very Nice Pre-Columbian Chimu Spout Vessel #367-Sold
Pre Columbian Pottery 367.Description: Pre-Columbian Chimu Spout Vessel. Dimensions are 7" tall x 4." Wide. Very nice condition and nice patina for its age. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be Authentic as described. For added security we offer a full money-back guarantee if a recognized authority disputes the authenticity of any object sold. The Chim̼u were the residents of Chimor, with its capital at the city of Chan Chan, a large adobe city in the Moche Valley of present-day Trujillo city. The culture arose about 900 AD. The Inca ruler Tupac Inca Yupanqui led a campaign which conquered the Chim̼u around 1470 AD.[2] This was just fifty years before the arrival of the Spanish in the region. Consequently, Spanish chroniclers were able to record accounts of Chim̼u culture from individuals who had lived before the Inca conquest. Similarly, Archaeological evidence suggest Chimor grew out of the remnants of Moche culture; early Chim̼u pottery had some resemblance to that of the