Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/489

Grey-brown bird effigy bottle with flat base, flaring spout and strap handle connected to figure’s head. Light grey-brown with orange-brown slip and negative decoration defining bird's body to right and another bird to the left. Not restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Recuay
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 13.0 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 9.2 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 2990/0489