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Water bottles
Object Number 09-3-30/75626.1
Display Title Water bottles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel with flat base, spherical body, stirrup spout on top of vessel, chipped lip, one stirrup handle has been broken in three places and repaired, stirrup spout is painted red, body of vessel painted cream, body of vessel decorated with a scene of two figures with human bodies, long-beaked heads with elaborate headdresses, and wings, two figures seem to be running, both figures are holding tweezers-shaped objects in one hand, other bean-shaped decorations painted in red around figures, serpentine figure with bulging eyes, forked tongue, and fangs painted in red and located across top of vessel between stirrup handles
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Moche
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region
Additional Geographic Terms Chicama Valley
Materials Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 29.4 x 16.2 x 15.1 cm (11 9/16 x 6 3/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 09-3-30/75626.1, P, 75626
Provenance
Collector Dr. William C. Farabee (1906-1909)
Expedition De Milhau South American Expedition (1906-1909)

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