Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/333

Small animal effigy bottle with flat base and burnished surface. Orange-brown slip and negative geometrical decoration. Figure is in praying position with both hands in chest, scroll ears, a horizontal incised line as a mouth, and flaring spout. Modeled manufacture. Unbroken.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Recuay
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 7.5 cm, width 4.5 cm, depth 6.5 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 good
  • Accession Number 2990/0333