Whistling Bottle with a Bridge Handle
Artist
Unknown Artist
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 AmericasSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.154
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
200-400.
Object number: G83.1.188
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
800-1100
Object number: G83.1.172
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
800-1000
Object number: G83.1.320
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.158
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
500 - 300 BCE
Object number: G83.1.159
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-700
Object number: G83.1.168
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
450-650
Object number: G83.1.19a-b