Bottle
Physical description
Red-brown compressed ovoid bottle with flat base and double spout connected by a horizontal bridge handle. Incised decoration of a fox head blind spout with ears and snout added, teeth and eyes incised. Geometrical and incised design in body of fox below with vertical lines of pelt marks at sides on red-brown, orange red and brown. Molded manufacture and smoothing technique on surface. Breakage restored.
Date Made
Early Paracas (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: 13.9 cm x 16 cm x 15.8 cm
Object Number
2990/188