vessel
- Museum number
- Am1941,04.63
- Description
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Spout-and-handle whistling bottle with figurative spout. Chamber portrays squash, ridged with tapering stem; alternating plain and elliptically-stippled sections. Spout in form of seated bird (owl?); parallel incised lines on crown of head. Vertical mould seams down sides including spout; well-smoothed; handle added to incorporate whistle. Non-stippled areas are polished. Black.
- Production date
- 900-1430
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.60 centimetres
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Width: 24.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register addition "Chimu".
Register 1941:
Late Chimu style, Peru.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1941
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1941,04.63
