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.

Photo

Kirsten Helgeland

Source file

uem9975.jpg (875 x 1,200 px)  –  382.6 kB

Image usage

University of Oslo copyright