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Object Number 46-77-30/4949
Display Title Stirrup-spout vessel, red on cream engraved zoomorphic design
Descriptions
Object Description Stirrup-spout vessel, red on cream engraved zoomorphic design. Handle missing.
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel with raised flat base, spherical body, two spouts broken at ends (stirrup spout?), base of vessel is painted red, body and spouts are painted white with raised zoomorphic images decorated in red, designs depict figures with the faces of lizards and birds holding two humans in headdresses by the arms, small dogs standing at the humans' feet, unidentified red designs continue up spouts
Classification
  • Stirrup spout
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Moche
  • Muchik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / Trujillo Province / Chicama / Hacienda Sausal
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Chicama Valley
Dimensions Overall: 15.9 x 13.5 x 13.3 cm (6 1/4 x 5 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/4949, Sausal, 835
Credit Line Gift of Alfred M. Tozzer and Donald Scott, 1946
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (12/1940-11/1944)
Donor Mr. Donald C. Scott (11/26/1946)
Donor Dr. Alfred M. Tozzer (11/26/1946)

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