Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/223

Vertical-handle bottle with short, flat pedestal; long central and tubular spout. Terracotta with cream and red-brown slip. Cream paint in half body and has designs of four red-brown painted herons flank stylized tie around ā€œVā€ neck and are divided by a red-brown vertical design. Complete.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Moche
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 21.6 cm, width 13.5 cm, depth 16.3 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 101 BCE and 800
  • 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 2990/0223