Crab demon terracotta effigy bottle with tubular stirrup, conical spout and flat base. Figure is on top of square-flat black base and has male face with fangs in relief, black delineated eyes, black geometrical design in cream headdress, cream brown dots on red-brown crab body and spout on his back. Nasca type spout with an ancient repair. Burnished surface. Modeled and molded manufacture. Breakage partially restored.

• Narrative

  The aberrant style and technology indicates Nasca contact with the Moche.

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• Type of Item bottle
• Culture Moche
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 19.2 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 17.5 cm (overall)

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

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• Made in Ica

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• 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

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 2990/0459