Miniature single spout bottle with vertical tube handle. Terracotta with cream slip and fugitive black geometrical designs in body: horizontal lines in spout, vertical lines in concave base, horizontal lines in rim and a sun or drum design in body. Head-neck spout with litter pole animal head finials at sides. Modeled technique on surface. Complete ceramic.

• Iconographic Meaning

  Symbolizes the founder god, Naylamp, being carried on litter.

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• Type of Item bottle
• Culture Lambayeque
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 8.7 cm, width 6.0 cm, depth 6.2 cm (overall)

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

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• Made in Lambayeque

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• Creation Date between 800 and 1400
• Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
• Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
• Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0241