Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/111

Ovoid grey brown slipped bottle with single spout. It contains two geometrical incise designs on top of body forming squares in orange-red and grey-brown. Modelled; burnished surface. Incomplete; partially repaired breakage.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, adhesive, paint
  • Measurements height 11.8 cm, diameter 9.4 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Teojate

  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 2990/0111