Vessel
MOA: University of British Columbia
3150/3
Clay bull. Animal stands on short legs, neck wide and muscular, head held high with large curving horns to either side of a mop of tightly curling hair. Dewlap is pronounced below throat, and stomach is rounded and hangs low. Tail curves up onto back. At top centre of back is a hole with a short neck and rounded rim leading into the hollow centre of the vessel. Right side of animal has incised designs on hip and withers, and is covered in a shiny mottled brown glaze. Opposite side is matte.
- Type of Item vessel
- Culture Peruvian
- Material clay, paint, glaze
- Measurements height 14.0 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 19.0 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 excellent
- Accession Number 3150/0003