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