Stirrup-spout bottle in form of a seated man
(UEM9975) Bottle in the form of a man sitting in a squat. He wears a head band with a bow on the forehead, braids on both sides, and tubular earplugs. The face painting consists in a black chevron on both cheeks and a black line surrounding eyes, nose, mouth and on the neck.
In his left hand he holds a lime container, used for chewing coca. He wears a sling on the back. Mold made. Polychrome painting reddish brown (spout, body), white (headband, earplugs, sling and lime container), brown braids), black (face painting). Moche, 100–800, Peru.
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Kirsten Helgeland