Bottle
- Description
- Collected before 1860, this pot was taken from a burial site. Handled jars are common vessels but their function is unclear. Two key motifs are depicted, both of which relate to the sea and are indicators of great social change.
- Accession Loan No.
- A611
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Common Name
- bottle
- Simple Name
- handled jar
- Full Name
- burial vessel
- Dimensions
- whole height 153 mm; whole diameter 130 mm
- Cultural Group
- Chimú-Inca
- Production Year Low
- 1470
- Production Year High
- 1532
- Production Town
- near Trujillo
- Production County
- North coast
- Production Country
- Peru
- Production Area Region
- South America
- Production Continent
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Family Group
- Material
- blackware pottery
- Function Name
- container
- Function Detail
- Blackware bottle, the handle in the form of a monkey. Documented as having been taken from the Huacas or burial place of the Incas near Truxillo. Collected before 1860.
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Collection Continent
- America
