Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/422

Small polished and polychrome bottle with double spout, bridge handle, capped form and rounded base. Five painted humming birds with long and thin beaks in red-brown, orange-brown, black, grey and light orange on cream background. Red-brown spouts and bridge handle, upper half black, rounded base orange, with red-brown ring band. Breakage not restored.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Nasca
  • Material clay, paint, adhesive
  • Measurements height 10.4 cm, width 9.7 cm, depth 9.6 cm (overall)

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

  • Made in Nasca

  • 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

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0422