Single conical spout effigy bottle with polish technique on surface and a polychrome native cat-otter design. Feline has a red-brown spout in its back. Upper half of body has 22 black sriped semi-lunar designs on grey background. Lower body has cream paint on chest. Four legs and tail have a band of grey and black paint with incised horizontal lines. Face has orange-brown, red-brown and grey paint; cheeks have black diagonal lines on cream background. Unbroken.

• Narrative

  According to collector, this ceramic was the only Proto Nasca example of its kind.

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• Type of Item bottle
• Culture Nasca
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 13.6 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 6.2 cm (overall)

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

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• Made in Nasca

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• 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

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 2990/0386