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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Moche
Title:Spout and handle bottle
Date Made:500-700 CE (Phase IV)
Type:Container
Materials:Clay with red and white paint
Place Made:South America; Peru; North Coast
Measurements:overall: 8 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 14.9225 cm x 13.335 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2005.6.6
Credit Line:Gift of Susan Eisenhart Schilling (Class of 1932)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Spout and handle vessel with red and white paint. Spout and upper half of body painted red, raised band at base of spout, and medial band on body painted white. Handle and lower body unpainted. Two anthropomorphized birds of prey painted in linear style on upper body, profile bodies with raised wings and claw feet, frontal faces with triangular ears, possibly owls (or feline-headed birds).

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2005.6.6

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