Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/225

Transitional Necropolis-Proto Nasca monkey effigy and brown-gray slipped bottle with conical base and bridge handle. Blind spout head, body over top lying face down in red-brown paint, incised fingers and face. Molded manufacture and polish technique on surface. Restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 22.5 cm, width 19.2 cm, depth 18.8 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • 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 good
  • Accession Number 2990/0225