Bottle
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/428
Peccary effigy bottle with double spout, bridge handle and burnished surface. Terracotta with negative décor, cream and red-brown slips. Duck effigy with prominent beak in blind spout with negative and cream bands. Several groups of three horizontal cream lines in body, triangular cream necklace, incised snout and elongated eyes in vertical position. Modeled and molded technique. Broken and repaired.
- Type of Item bottle
- Culture Moche
- Material clay, paint, adhesive
- Measurements height 19.1 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 11.2 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Ayabaca
- 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 2990/0428