Llama effigy burnished bottle with rectangular flat base, double spout and strap bridge handle. Terracotta with cream slip. Head design in blind spout, tubular object with geometrical incisions in its back and pierced tail. Modeled and molded technique. Unbroken.

• Narrative

  Collector described it as a crude rendering of Moche subject after Wari occupation.

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• Type of Item bottle
• Culture Wari
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 17.1 cm, width 21.1 cm, depth 10.7 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 Ancash

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• Creation Date between 800 and 1200
• 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 2990/0429