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Blackware bird vessel
Object Number 979-14-30/10146
Display Title Blackware bird vessel
Descriptions
Object Description Blackware bird vessel. Feathers are indicated on head by deep incising. Intact
Inventory Description Black ceramic vessel with flat base, body of vessel in the shape of a bird with wings folded, head is looking backwards over left shoulder, wings, head, and beak are molded, spots on bird's head, nostrils, and eyes are incised, tip of beak reaches to shoulder, stirrup spout on bird's back, flared lip
Classification
  • Stirrup spout
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Mochica?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 15.6 x 14.8 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 5 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 979-14-30/10146, Peru. Inca / not a / vicus (?) whistle pot / Bit (?) of Gregius Bostn (?) / 2-65 for CLD-

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