Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/350

Grey-brown double spout bottle with bridge handle and a slightly flat base. Falcon head decoration in blind spout with incised eyes, vertical lines in mouth with dotted ends and an orange-brown face. Five dotted orange-brown pelt marks on red-brown breast. Red-brown and orange-brown chevron band flanked by vertical plumage motifs on tail. Burnished surface. Breakage repaired and restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 16.0 cm, width 17.4 cm, depth 17.5 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 2990/0350