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Water bottles, human form
Object Number 09-3-30/75604.4
Display Title Water bottles, human form
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic human effigy vessel with flat base, effigy is seated with hands resting on knees, cylinder lying on its side located behind effigy, stirrup spout attached to back of effigy head and top of cylinder, no rim, chipped lip, cylinder has spirals incised on flat ends, features of effigy are molded and incised, effigy is wearing a shirt and headdress which ties under chin, triangular tie of headdress reach to chest, effigy has bobbed hair, bottom of headdress is decorated with a perforated band located around effigy forehead, eyes and mouth of effigy are perforated, vessel is painted orange, cylinder and headdress are painted white, effigy shirt is painted with vertical orange and white stripes, base of effigy decorated with lines of white dots and white stripes
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region
Additional Geographic Terms Viru Valley
Materials Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 20.4 x 8.9 x 16.3 cm (8 1/16 x 3 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75604/ 09-3-30/75604.4
Provenance
Expedition Dr. William C. Farabee (1906-1909 - 1909)
Expedition De Milhau South American Expedition (1906-1909 - 1909)

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