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Object Number 09-3-30/75600
Display Title Water bottle, bird form
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ceramic bird effigy vessel with flat base, body of vessel is body of a bird with folded wings, effigy has a flat, wedge-shaped tail, long neck, and long curved beak, features of bird effigy are molded with incised details on beak and eyes, stirrup spout located on back of effigy, straight spout, chipped lip, no rim, small monkey effigy seated on stirrup handle of vessel at base of spout, monkey is holding onto spout and facing to the right, monkey effigy is molded and incised
Classification
  • Stirrup spout
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Chimú
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / La Libertad Region
Additional Geographic Terms Viru Valley
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 23.3 x 10.9 x 22.5 cm (9 3/16 x 4 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75600, P

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