Burnished effigy bottle with stirrup spout and globular rim. Cream and red-brown slip on terracotta. Red-brown man wearing a band on head and riding a cream coloured llama; right hand and left foot are shown as amputated.

• Narrative

  Early Moche; Moche I

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• Type of Item bottle
• Culture Moche
• Material clay, paint
• Measurements height 16.5 cm, width 20.3 cm, depth 9.6 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 Piura

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• Creation Date between 601 BCE and 201 BCE
• 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 2990/0029