Bottle Item Number: 2990/428 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Peccary effigy bottle with double spout, bridge handle and burnished surface. Terracotta with negative décor, cream and red-brown slips. Duck effigy with prominent beak in blind spout with negative and cream bands. Several groups of three horizontal cream lines in body, triangular cream necklace, incised snout and elongated eyes in vertical position. Modeled and molded technique. Broken and repaired.
Item History
- Made in Ayabaca, Piura, Peru between 101 BCE and 800
- 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
- Ayabaca, Piura, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 101 BCE and 800
- 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
- 2990/0428