Vessel
MOA: University of British Columbia
3150/2
Clay bull. Animal stands on short legs, neck wide and muscular, head held high, with short horns above protruding ears to either side of a mop of hair. Brow is prominent and holds two etched eyes while snout shows an incised mouth and nostrils. Stomach is rounded and hangs low, each side painted with a large oval of red-brown. Tail curves up onto back and is decorated in a stamped herringbone pattern. At top centre of back is a hole with a short neck and rounded rim leading into the hollow centre of the vessel.
- Type of Item vessel
- Culture Peruvian
- Material clay, paint
- Measurements height 16.7 cm, width 9.0 cm, depth 23.0 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Zbigniew Adam Szybinski
- Received from Zbigniew Adam Szybinski
- Made in Puno
- Creation Date between 1950 and 1999
- Ownership Date before February 24, 2016
- Acquisition Date on February 24, 2016
- Item Classes ceramics
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3150/0002