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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chimú-Inca
Title:Bottle in the form of a bird wrapped by a snake
Date Made:1476-1534
Type:Container; Ceramic
Materials:ceramic
Place Made:South America, Peru, north coast
Measurements:Overall: 7 3/16 in x 4 in x 4 1/8 in; 18.3 cm x 10.2 cm x 10.5 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2013.53
Credit Line:Gift of the Finberg family in memory of Donald Finberg (Class of 1953)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Single handled bottle in shape of a bird, with snake in relief wrapped around body

Tags:
birds; animals; reptiles; nature; food

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