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Object Number
46-77-30/4959
Display Title
Stirrup pot in bird form.
Descriptions
Object Description
Stirrup pot in bird form. Spherical body attached to rear and joined by handle. Handle spout missing. Whistle.
Inventory Description
Ceramic double-lobed vessel with flat base, lobes are connected at centers with rounded bridge, front lobe topped by a parrot's head effigy, effigy has molded head, beak, and eyes, eyes are also incised, beak is partially open and perforated, two square perforations on either side of neck, perforations for whistling (?) in interior of parrot neck, back lobe is spherical, stirrup spout connects to top of back lobe and back of effigy head, stirrup spout broken off and missing, stirrup handle, wings, lower half of beak, and top of parrot's head are painted red, eye area of parrot highlighted with red squiggly lines, rear lobe decorated around base of stirrup handle with pattern of triangles pointed downwards, rest of vessel painted white
Classification
- Stirrup spout
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: 14.2 x 8.8 x 19.4 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
46-77-30/4959, Sausal, 434
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