Bottle
MOA: University of British Columbia
2990/831
Stirrup spout bottle with flat base and burnished surface. Anthropomorphic painted design with bird head, wings and tail, wearing a skirt with design of bands of four waves and five beans. Seven point decoration at the end of tail and one diagonal band of dots above. Red-brown on yellow-cream ground. Breakage restored.
- Type of Item bottle
- Culture Moche
- Material clay, paint
- Measurements height 30.9 cm, width 17.0 cm, depth 15.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer
- Made in Peru
- 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 2990/0831