Bottle

MOA: University of British Columbia

3177/1

Light brown-yellow clay bottle, mottled with orange. Pot takes the shape of a man with one leg kneeling, the other bent and supporting his elbow. His hands grip a tool or instrument held on an angle against his torso. Face has a protruding nose, smiling mouth, and rounded chin. Figure wears a cloak with hood, his head topped by a feline-like figure whose head and shoulders extend over the man’s forehead. At back, the bottle’s tubular handle arcs between the head and shoulder, with a spout emerging from the top. Handle is brown-red in colour.


  • Type of Item bottle
  • Culture Andes
  • Material clay, paint
  • Measurements height 19.5 cm, width 10.0 cm, depth 16.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Monica Gewurz
  • Received from Monica Gewurz

  • Made in Peru

  • Creation Date between 1 and 1500
  • Ownership Date before June 10, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on June 10, 2016

  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3177/0001