Bottle
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/30
Burnished grey-brown effigy bottle with side stirrup and tubular spout. Male figure with prominent nose and elongated eyes riding a llama and holding a club. Spout is on figure’s back. Broken and repaired.
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Narrative
Early Moche; Moche I
- Type of Item bottle
- Culture Moche
- Material clay
- Measurements height 16.5 cm, width 21.4 cm, depth 8.9 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Peru
- 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
- Item Classes ceramics
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 2990/0030