Bottle
Physical description
Single spout falcon effigy bottle with strap handle. Falcon's eyes have dark grey-brown markings on cream background. Red-brown nose is prominent with horizontal dark grey-brown thin lines. Upper body has dark grey-brown and cream wing decoration, dark grey-brown tail and red-brown spout. Lower body has vertical painted lines in dark grey-brown and red-brown paint. Burnished surface. Unbroken.
Date Made
Early Nasca (100 B.C.E.-400 C.E.)
Date Acquired
15 Jan 2013
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Erika and Alan R Sawyer Collection of Pre-Columbian ArtMore...
Measurements
Overall: 15.5 cm x 10.9 cm x 17.5 cm
Object Number
2990/393