Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/255

Tubular and central long spout gray-brown molded bottle with tubular-vertical side handle and flat base. Orange-brown slip in top body with painted designs of four white sketch-like hummingbirds surrounding the white neck. Slightly flaring spout rim. Burnished surface. Chipped rim.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Moche
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 20.6 cm, width 12.6 cm, depth 14.5 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 2990/0255