Laughing falcon effigy whistling bottle with bridge handle

OriginSouth Coast, Peru

PeriodEarly Horizon (900-200 BCE)

Date500-300 BCE

MediumEarthenware with pigment and resin

DimensionsOverall: 17.8 x 19.7 cm (7 x 7 3/4 in.)

DescriptionParacas falcon-form stirrup-spout bottle, incised and moulded with a bird. It has small beak and ears, and wide-spread wings. It is painted in ochre, red and dark brown, with areas of geometric patterns.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG83.1.181

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Andean

Collections

Status

On view

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