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Stirrup Spout Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/94

Terracotta bottle with a closed, rounded wedge-shaped body with a flat base surmounted by a closely arched tube with a vertical spout at the top. The body is decorated with orange anthropomorphic figures holding trophy heads on a cream-coloured heavy slip ground.

  • Iconographic Meaning

    The anthropomorphic figure on the body is a crab deity.

  • Narrative

    The style of the spout is Moche I.

  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Moche
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 20.0 cm, width 12.4 cm, depth 10.7 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer
  • Made in Peru
  • Creation Date between 601 BCE and 700
  • 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 2990/0094

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