Inca Ceremonial Pottery Pacha North coast, Peru, Ca. 1400 AD. Size 8 1/2 inches high = mount. It is a ritual form used to ensure fertility of the soil in cultivation and molded into the form of stacked gourds and with worm along sides and turtle mouth spout. Compare similar example in Ancient Andean Arts in the Collection of the Krannert Art Museum by Alan Sawyer, no. 87. Restored rim.Ex NY Drs. Private collection, Siskind and Tuttmann.