huacon.
/ˈwɑːkəʊ/ In Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, ancient pottery and other Indian antiquities.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > other ancient pottery
fine ware1815
huaco1931
Grimston ware1954
Lapita1966
1931 Connoisseur Feb. 95 The term huaco is derived from the Indian word, huaca, meaning ‘a holy place’, and refers to the cemeteries and tombs from which, with few exceptions, all the examples of pre-Incaic art are obtained.
1931 Connoisseur Feb. 97 The linear decoration of the stirrup huacos tend [sic] to portray some form of action... In the static huacos the legs are almost invariably crossed.
1933 Burlington Mag. Aug. p. xii (advt.) The pottery includes six rare Huacos from Paracas, with green colouring.
1959 G. Woodcock Incas & Other Men iv. iv. 229 The Mochica pots—..called huacos by the modern Peruvians—were made specifically as grave furniture, intended to hold food and chicha for the dead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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