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Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/182

Gray brown asymmetrical bottle, house form with horizontal bridge handle. Incised design of a male human head spout with brown-red ears, prominent nose and small hole in top of head. Feline incised "masks" in the front and back on body on red-brown and gray-brown paint. Front mask has rear feat extended beside spout, two dotted reed stamp circles in brown divided by whisker element, rectangular ears, two vertical incised lines in nose, and thin forelegs at sides of mouth. Mask flanked by strings of reed stamped circles. Rear mask is a simplified version of the front without reed stamp circles. Brown red and gray brown paint in designs. Burnished technique on surface. Minor breakage repaired.

  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 17.0 cm, width 17.1 cm, depth 17.9 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 fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0182

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