Bottle
Physical description
Gray brown asymmetrical bottle, house form with horizontal bridge handle. Incised design of a male human head spout with brown-red ears, prominent nose and small hole in top of head. Feline incised "masks" in the front and back on body on red-brown and gray-brown paint. Front mask has rear feat extended beside spout, two dotted reed stamp circles in brown divided by whisker element, rectangular ears, two vertical incised lines in nose, and thin forelegs at sides of mouth. Mask flanked by strings of reed stamped circles. Rear mask is a simplified version of the front without reed stamp circles. Brown red and gray brown paint in designs. Burnished technique on surface. Minor breakage repaired.
Date Made
900 B.C.E.-200 B.C.E.
Date Acquired
15 Jan 2013
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Erika and Alan R Sawyer Collection of Pre-Columbian ArtMore...
Measurements
Overall: 17 cm x 17.1 cm x 17.9 cm
Object Number
2990/182