Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

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Wooden lime bottle with a carved design of two headed figures holding pole axes in each hand. Hole in head at left (for lime stick), hole at top of back (for access to lime chamber). Stoppered hole in bottom. Complete.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Recuay
  • Material wood
  • Measurements height 5.9 cm, width 4.8 cm, depth 3.6 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ancash

  • 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 2990/0258