Bottle Item Number: 2990/889 a-k from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Grey-brown bottle with bridge handle connecting conical spout and blind falcon head spout. Falcon deity design is wearing an orange-red collar with twelve reed stamp circles and a band of geometrical designs at rear: triple horizontal band above diagonal zigzags with incised dots; four zigzags and one band are orange-red. Burnished surface. Broken, incomplete; partially repaired. a) Top part of falcon deity body. Four complete and two half reed stamp cirlces on orange-red ground. b) Rear part of deity body. Diagonal zigzag with incised dot decoration below triple horizontal band; one band and zigzag are orange-red. c) Rear part of deity body. Diagonal zigzag with incised dot decoration below triple horizontal band; one band and three zigzags is orange-red. d) Part of orange-red left-lower collar with four reed stamp circles, incised lines and two orange-red reed stamp circles below. e) Small and undecorated fragment. f) Conical spout and falcon deity perforated head connected by a flattened bridge handle. Reed stamp eyes, incised decorations with dots at the ends and in relief beak and ears. Orange-red paint. g) Part of orange-red collar with two reed stamp circles and incised-geometrical lines below. h) Undecorated fragment from the top of the bottle. i) Part of deity body with two orange-red reed stamp circles and incised-geometrical lines. j) Small, undecorated fragment, part of bottle base. k) Various undecorated small fragments.