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1919.28.3

Stirrup spout bottle with painted decoration of birds' heads.

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1919.28.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stirrup spout bottle with painted decoration of birds' heads.
Long description
Pottery vessel painted with birds’ heads design red on a buff ground with loop handle. [FC 23/02/2009]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
La Libertad Region Trujillo Province Valley of Chicama unnamed templo
Cultural groups
Moche
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Moche
Date collected
1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1919
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Slipped, Process Painted
Dimensions
Diameter 22 mm rim, Height 210 mm, Diameter: max 143 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1919.28.3
Research and responses

Object information provided in June 2023 by Macarena Pérez Selman, VMMA student at the University of Oxford, as part of her research into the potential of a sensory approach to understanding the Moche world. Her observations were corroborated by Dr Hugo Ikehara, Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial/Collection Specialist for the art of the ancient Americas (2020-2022) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Search terms: Vessel, Figure, Death, Religion, Pottery, Bird Figure, Grave Good