Pottery Group 2

Chulucana Pottery—Peru

Large dancing figure (center top)                    

$325.00

14 1/2”  high    11 /1/2”  wide

Medium Dancing figure (left)  $100.00

10”  high    8 1/2”  wide

Medium Dancing figure (right)   $100.00

10”  high     11 1/4”  wide

Small Dancing figure (center bottom)  $45.00

6 1/2”  high    6 1/2” wide

 

Chulucana Pottery comes from Mount Vicus in the far northern portion of Peru.  To the early people of this area (400BC) the making of pottery was considered a way to communicate with the secrets of the earth and a means to give praise to the creative gods of the universe.  This ancient art was recreated by a native organization named Sanoc Camayoc, roughly translated—pottery specialists

Neither potters wheels nor molds are used in the making of these items.  The artisan sits with his bare feet crossed in front of him, soles up  and uses his feet to hold the pottery while his hands shape and mold  its form.  The finished piece is given a slip coat of color, and burnished with a special polishing stone.