Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/449

Orange-brown human effigy bottle with rounded base and flaring spout on back. Male figure has red-brown face and is wearing a headdress and circular orange-brown ear covers with a “+” mark in red-brown paint. Body has geometrical negative decoration, red-brown paint and feet in high relief with incised fingers. Burnished surface. Not restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Recuay
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 19.0 cm, width 13.1 cm, depth 15.1 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ancash

  • 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 2990/0449