Pre-Columbian South America A Figural Jar Chancay Culture (Peru) Circa 1100-1440 AD bi-Chrome Painted Earthenware Height 20 cm Diameter 16 cm. Note The Chancay Culture developed in the valleys of the central coast of Peru. Its influence was of a cultural and commercial nature, producing ceramics with a rough white surface decorated in black. Among the most representative works are figural jars that have a low relief face, the face and upper body being covered with geometric ornamentation. Such vessels were produced on a large scale through the use of moulds