Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/387

Single-tubular spout effigy polychrome-modeled bottle with loop handle and polish technique on surface. Painted red-brown arms with cream fingers hold brown maize stalks. Orange-brown necklace has ears of maize design in yellow-cream and dark grey on red-brown background. Tail has a painted band in orange-brown, grey, orange-red, red-brown and cream divided by thin cream lines. 25 orange-red and white semi-lunar motifs on black background on back of bottle. Lower body has white paint and a black geometrical figure in relief between paws. Unbroken.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 14.8 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 18.0 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 2990/0387