Carved Bottle Item Number: 59.237.5 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Black bottle with a globular body and tall cylindrical neck. The body of the vessel is decorated with a boldly incised animal paw with three sharp claws. Condition: good.
Credit Line
By exchange
Item History
- Made between 1201 BCE and 901 BCE
What
- Name
- Carved Bottle
- Identification Number
- 59.237.5
- Type of Item
- carved and bottle
- Material
- black clay
- Overall
- length 7.875 in, width 5.0 in, height 5.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Olmec
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1201 BCE and 901 BCE
Other
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Vessel