Bottle
Physical description
Brown-grey whistle bottle with flat base, bridge handle and bulbous based spouts. Design of an eared bird head in blind spout; contains whistle. Bulb incised with three “eye of god" motifs in panel flanked by strings of 0.8 cm reed stamp circles. Incised lunate panel below has feline masks to left and right with reed stamp circles and other elements between. Geometrical designs in orange-red paint. Partially polished surface. Molded manufacture. 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: 15 cm x 16 cm x 16.9 cm
Object Number
2990/317