Indians & Ewers

[RELICDUDE07]

After many hours spent researching the indians of America.I'm stuck on the blonde indians with all the ewers.In almost all the art work from the 16th century spanish conquest, the indian's have ewers...Some are found on shipwrecks on the way back to spain...Please post any parts or whole ewer style pots/pitchers found in the U.S... Below pic is ===This ewer and basin bear the mark of Symon Owen (active 1595–, a prominent London goldsmith, probably a member of the Welsh family of armorers who may have come to London on the train of Henry VII.

[cuzcosquirrel]

In the narratives of Peru, one of men who took part in Pizarro's sacking of the incas, actually a young man, was described as having recieved as his share of the plunder two large ceramic jars with figures and heighroglyphs painted on them, with the upper thirds being composed of thick bandings of worked gold.

These may have been used fo the preparation and presentation of cocoa drinks or pulque. The ewers in the etchings are probably meant to show the indians offering the Spanish water after their long trip, a sign of hospitaility. It is more likely that if it occured, they were offering them cocoa.

There are whole groupings of different containers and what they were meant for in Spanish society and on ships. The "cocoa set" became pretty standard in New Spain. There are the large wine and oil ewers used in masses aboard the galleons, probably held out on the deck. Sailors and passengers on the Manilla galleons were each allowed 2 to 4 containers for cocoa on the voyage.

[RELICDUDE07]

Thanks Cuzcos for the info... May be some have found some of the blonde indians artifacts from the Virginia area was my hope for the post....... http://www.archive.org/stream/revmor...age/4/mode/2up