Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/433

Double polychrome burnished bottle with flat base, thin and long conical spout, strap-bridge handle, and connected to a seated male effigy. Figure is wearing a dark red-brown and cream poncho with dotted square design and has a whistle in head with vents at back and below ears. Red-brown face has black dotted cheeks, rectangular ears with four cream dots, and black circular lines in neck with a dark grey vertical band in the middle. Four black and cream faces on rear globular bottle. Cream, grey, red and black on terracotta background. Molded and modeled technique. Broken and repaired.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Wari
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 15.9 cm, width 19.4 cm, depth 9.3 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 800 and 1200
  • 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 2990/0433