CHIMÚ culture North 1100 – 1470 AD
Vessel in the form of a seated dog 1100-1470 AD ceramic , blackware, smudge-fire technique16.0 (h) x 18.0 (w) cm Ministerio de Cultura del Perú: Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú, Photograph: Daniel Giannoni
Dogs were considered prized possessions and were buried with their own funerary goods, such as bones and blankets. Domesticated hairless dogs were probably traded from Mexico from 500 AD, when they began to appear on Peruvian pottery. Chimú blackware, made in smoke-filled kilns, matched the dogs' dark purple skin, while the potters' moulds imitated their wrinkles. Descendants of this ancient breed exist in Peru today and are known as Inca Hairless.
Dogs were considered prized possessions and were buried with their own funerary goods, such as bones and blankets. Domesticated hairless dogs were probably traded from Mexico from 500 AD, when they began to appear on Peruvian pottery. Chimú blackware, made in smoke-filled kilns, matched the dogs' dark purple skin, while the potters' moulds imitated their wrinkles. Descendants of this ancient breed exist in Peru today and are known as Inca Hairless.
Dogs were considered prized possessions and were buried with their own funerary goods, such as bones and blankets. Domesticated hairless dogs were probably traded from Mexico from 500 AD, when they began to appear on Peruvian pottery. Chimú blackware, made in smoke-filled kilns, matched the dogs' dark purple skin, while the potters' moulds imitated their wrinkles. Descendants of this ancient breed exist in Peru today and are known as Inca Hairless.
