Canelos Quichua Ceramic, Tapir Foot

3D Model

Small Canelos Quichua ceramic storage jar with foot in the form of a tapir, and pellet rattles inside. Made by Rosario Mucashigua, Curaray.

“This storage jar may also be used as a festival serving vessel for masticated manioc mash, called asua. It is unusual (only very skilled potters do this) in that it has a few pellets for a shotgun inside to give it a rattle effect when shaken. Top is turtle motif with zigzag inserted, bottom (shoulder) is anaconda motif.” -Dr. Norman Whitten.

Purchased from the Sacha Runa Research Foundation.

Tapir Foot Trail 4 (Fill Hole Select) Generated with photogrammetry software 3DF Zephyr v3.503 processing 100 images.