Stirrup-spout terracotta bottle with ovoid ring base. Three mountain peaks with a painted sacrificed person lying over central one, holding serpent in left hand, cactus in right. Figure below is holding a cactus with his left hand. Lower-front body has a deity figure grabbing a cactus with right hand and a weapon with the left; he is fighting a Moche god who is wearing a feline headdress and is grabbing a weapon with his right hand and pulling his hair with the left. Back design has a representation of three figures: small zoomorphic figure falling down on the left side, a male holding a bag over his right shoulder and a cactus in his left hand, and a Moche god wearing a bird headdress, holding a bag on his back and three spears with his left hand. Breakage restored.

• Iconographic Meaning

  Mountain Sacrifice

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• Type of Item bottle
• Culture Moche
• Material plaster, clay, paint
• Measurements height 17.4 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 17.0 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 Peru

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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 2990/0484