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McClelland, Pasadena, CA [1]. By 1976, Irwin and Marcia Hersey, New York [2]; May 19, 1987, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Hersey via Sotheby’s, lot 10, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n\t<br />\n\t[1] According to the accession card.\n\t<br />\n\t[2] According to Alan C. Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (New York: Harry Abrams, 1976), figs. 239, 240, ill.\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"This seated male monkey exemplifies the refined naturalism of the finest Salinar potters. The white eye rings are indicative of the spider monkey. In this case it is likely the brown-headed spider monkey, which lacks the white belly of its Amazonian relative and is endemic to coastal Ecuador. The elegantly tapering bridge-spout—another signature feature of Salinar pottery—here doubles as the monkey’s tail. The addition of thumbs and pronounced fangs, neither present on the actual subject, may simply reflect artistic license or may indicate reference to a threatening, anthropomorphic supernatural being. Although spider monkeys do not eat mollusks, this creature holds a small, coiled shell, possibly referencing the strombus shells prized by ancient Peruvian peoples and acquired by trade from coastal Ecuador.\n","remarks":"AAA2_20-T6-1_CLA_FA.pdf - Day 1 installation"}],"datebegin":-200,"sortnumber":"1987   37y","published_date":"2026-02-11 10:33:05.766890","objectid":33083,"dimensions":"17 × 11.5 × 19.5 cm (6 11/16 × 4 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)","on_view":true}