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Stirrup pot with biconical body
Object Number 46-77-30/4956
Display Title Stirrup pot with biconical body
Descriptions
Object Description Stirrup pot with biconical body seting on white foot. Upper side of body decorated with raised white lizard-like animals with tails joined. Small black lizards painted on.
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel with flat base, body of vessel is resting on a tapering pedestal, main body of vessel flares outwards then angles sharply inwards to form rounded top, stirrup spout located on top hemisphere of body, no rim, top hemisphere is decorated with four molded lizards, two lizards located on each side of stirrup spout, tips of lizards' tails touch under stirrup spout, eyes and mouths of lizards are incised, pedestal, stirrup spout, and molded lizards are painted white, body of vessel painted orange, six additional lizard outlines painted in black in between white molded lizards
Classification
  • Bottle
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Muchik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region / Trujillo Province / Chicama
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast; Chicama Valley
Materials Ceramic Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 13.6 x 13.6 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-77-30/4956, Sausal

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