Guide leaflet (1901) (14763648864)

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Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO



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PIECES OF CLOTH FOUND WITH MUMMIES makers had no knowledge of the potters wheel and were unacquaintedp with the art of glazing. Some of the vessels were shaped by hand, but others show that they were formed by means ofmoulds. The body was moulded in two parts which were joined bybeing pressed together. Spout or handle, if desired, was then attached,and all irregularities in the junctures remedied by scraping and rub-
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POTTERY WATER-JAR WITH CORN DECORATION 17 MEAD, PERUVIAN MUMMIES 19 bing. Moulds were often used in making many of the animal headsand human figures that adorn these vessels. The decoration was puton with paint, and, after firing, the vessels were polished by nibbingwith a smooth pebble. In the absence of an aboriginal written Language in Peru and onaccount of the meagreness of the descriptions left by the first Europeanswho visited the country, it is fortunate for the student of Peruvian archae-ology that the potter often represented by the shape of his vessel or in its