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Stirrup-spout bottle with monkey and serpent

CultureTembladera
OriginNorthern Coast, Peru
PeriodEarly Horizon Period (1000-200 BCE)
Date900-200 BCE
MediumRed earthenware, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 25.1 x 11 x 13 cm (9 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
DescriptionTembladera stirrup-spout bottle, Early Horizon Period, moulded with a central crouching human figure on one side. It is flanked by curling serpentine creatures with cross-hatched scales. On the reverse is an incised demon's head. It is burnished black-black.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.154
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Andean
Status
On view
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