Double Spout Warrior's Head Analysis

Extra Credit: Vessel Double Spout Warrior’s Head For the extra credit assignment I visited the Mesoamerican exhibit at Cal State LA. In the exhibit there were multiple pieces of art. Some of the pieces included paintings, sculptures, and vessels. The pieces that stuck out to me were the vessels. The vessels had unique patterns that the paintings and sculptures did not have. The vessels that I saw were whistles, containers, vases, etc. There were an enormous variety of unique vessels. Many of the vessels intrigued me. I had many questions. For example, what were they used for, why were they painted/carved the way they were, and why go through the trouble of creating that type of art. I wanted to learn more about vessels. Therefore, I chose two vessels to analyze. The first vessel I will analyze is called the “Double Spout Warrior’s Head”. Although the name gave me a hint of what the vessel was, I still wanted to learn more about it because it seemed to me that there is more to the story than just a warrior. …show more content…
These type of vessels were created between 600 A.D. and 900 A.D. Huari is located in the highland region of Peru. Huari was known as an Andean civilization. The civilization lasted roughly about 400 years (600 A.D – 1000 A.D). The Huari civilization was well known for its art, particularly pottery. Their style of pottery even influenced civilizations like Tiwanaku (located at Lake Titicaca) and Nazca. This period was called the Middle Horizon Period. This suggests that Huari had a wide range of