Single Spout Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/59

Single spout greyware bottle with a four-point mace from body. Below the cylindrical spout there is a raised, rounded neck ring incised with three "Eye of God" motifs separated by vertical lines. There are traces of red and white paint one the decoration. One point has been broken and repaired.

  • Narrative

    The four-point mace bottle form is rarely found.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive, plaster
  • Measurements height 13.6 cm, width 18.0 cm, depth 15.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 401 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0059