Stirrup Spout Bottle Item Number: 2990/94 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Terracotta bottle with a closed, rounded wedge-shaped body with a flat base surmounted by a closely arched tube with a vertical spout at the top. The body is decorated with orange anthropomorphic figures holding trophy heads on a cream-coloured heavy slip ground.
Iconographic Meaning
The anthropomorphic figure on the body is a crab deity.
Narrative
The style of the spout is Moche I.
Item History
- Made in Peru between 601 BCE and 700
- Collected between 1950 and 1975
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer
- Owned by Erika H. Sawyer before January 15, 2013
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer (Donor) on January 15, 2013
What
Who
- Culture
- Moche
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from
- Erika H. Sawyer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 601 BCE and 700
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 2013
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2990/0094