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Object Number 86-28-30/40096
Display Title Black pottery vessel, fish
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic bottle, stirrup spout, molded fish effigy, possible bird, located around spout, molded and incised decoration, flat base
Inventory Description Black ceramic fish effigy vessel with flat base, body of vessel in the shape of a fish with molded incised eyes, nostrils, mouth gills, fins and scales, stirrup spout located on back of fish, straight spout with no rim, sides of stirrup handle have dotted decoration, bird effigy located on top of stirrup handle with spout rising from back of bird, bird has molded wings, eyes, and beak, feathers and nostrils of bird are incised
Classification
  • Stirrup spout
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru / Piura Region / Piura Province / Piura
Additional Geographic Terms Piura Province; Lambayeque, Peru, 120 m. NNW of
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 22.8 x 9.7 x 27.5 cm (9 x 3 13/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40096

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