Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/401

Miniature double spout black modeled bottle with bridge handle and rounded base. Upper half is incised and post-fire painted with a standing red-brown figure with a yellow-brown and red-brown serpent headdress that wraps around the bottle's spouts. Triangle and two stepped triangles on medial line at back. Breakage not restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 5.3 cm, width 5.6 cm, depth 5.5 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Ocucaje

  • 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 2990/0401