Recuay Civilization
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of Recuay ceramic vessels, dating from 200 to 550, which derive from the pre-Columbian Recuay culture of north-central Peru. This collection comprises ceramics, most of which are made from terracotta. Others, made from white kaolin, are possibly the only Peruvian ceramics to use this white clay material, which was typically used as slip paint. Effigy vessels, such as that with a feline head and serpent’s body, are distinguished from other Recuay ceramics by the whole form being modelled into the object, a practice characteristic of this style. The collection contains examples of slip-painting, generally in colours of black, cream and red, with black on orange one of the most common decorative combinations. Vessels would have been modelled and painted with white slip followed by orange slip before being burnished and fired, after which motifs would be painted on with black resist paint. Recuay culture thrived in both the mountains and coastal regions of north-central Peru, on a basin called the Callejón de Huaylas. It was well known for its advanced ceramics and stone carving.
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