Bottle
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/341
Compressed ovoid grey-brown bottle with double conical spout. Bridge handle and rounded base. Bird head design in blind spout, red-brown fox incised below, forearms surrounding base of spout. Reed stamp circles and bands with diagonals zigzag central lines at sides. Band of whisker crosses over the top, passing between spouts. Red-brown, light yellow and brown paint. Negative dots below spout, body spouts, and bridge handle. Molded and modeled manufacture. Burnished surface. Breakage restored.
- Type of Item bottle
- Culture Paracas
- Material clay, paint
- Measurements height 14.2 cm, width 18.6 cm, depth 18.4 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Teojate
- Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
- 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 2990/0341