Description

Stirrup conical spout bottle with flat base. Terracotta with cream and red-brown slip. Painted mythical scene: wrinkle faced warrior deity holds array of weapons, a small iguana figure dressed as a warrior to his front. Above them is a diagonal line with pendant step motifs that ends with serpent heads. Above is a small anthropomorphic warrior holding a rope attached to a ladder-like structure made of five double headed snakes that enclose three spiders. Above is another elaborate warrior-deity whose armament includes a pineapple mace and a sling (-weapons foreign to Moche culture). Surrounding this deity is an arc of radiating bands ending in serpent heads. The stirrup spout is axial-striped with wavy lines in between. Burnished surface. Unbroken.