Stirrup Spout Bottle
About this object
Narrative
The style of the spout is Moche I.
Iconographic meaning
The anthropomorphic figure on the body is a crab deity.
Physical description
Terracotta bottle with a closed, rounded wedge-shaped body with a flat base surmounted by a closely arched tube with a vertical spout at the top. The body is decorated with orange anthropomorphic figures holding trophy heads on a cream-coloured heavy slip ground.
Date Made
600 B.C.E.-700 C.E.
Date Acquired
15 Jan 2013
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Erika and Alan R Sawyer Collection of Pre-Columbian ArtMore...
Measurements
Overall: 20 cm x 12.4 cm x 10.7 cm
Object Number
2990/94