Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/297

Single spout effigy bottle with flat base and tube side handle. Image of a blind man with extended right hand, wearing a bag. Terracotta with cream and red-brown slip. Molded manufacture; slightly burnished surface. Restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Moche
  • Material adhesive, clay, paint
  • Measurements height 14.2 cm, width 7.8 cm, depth 10.9 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Peru

  • 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 2990/0297