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Whistling Bottle with a Bridge Handle

CultureTembladera
OriginNorth Coast, Peru
PeriodEarly Horizon Period (1000-200 BCE)
Date900-100 BCE
MediumEarthenware, pigment, burnishing, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 17 cm (6 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
DescriptionTembladera vessel, Early Horizon Period, with rounded body, incised with stylized fanged demon heads. It is surmounted by a standing figure wearing a large human-headed headdress tilted backwards connected by a strap handle to the cylindrical spout. It is painted dark with traces of red and ochre pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.157
Classifications
Ancient Americas
Sub-classification
Andean
Status
On view
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