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Stirrup-spout bottle with incised imagery

CultureCupisnique
OriginNorthern Highlands, Peru
PeriodEarly Horizon Period (1000-200 BCE)
Date900-100 BCE
MediumEarthenware, black pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 23.1 x 12.7 cm (9 1/8 x 5 in.)
DescriptionChavin stirrup-spout bottle, Early Horizon Period, with half the vessel and spout moulded with a stylized zoomorphic head, possibly a serpent's head, with a scalloped crown. It has a geometric and stippled background and the handle has a projecting knob. It is surrounded by stippling and incised linear motif.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.153
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Andean
Status
On view
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