Stirrup-spout bottle in the form of a frog
Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Stolper Galleries (Stolper Gallery)
- Exchanging Agent
- Robert L. Stolper (Robert M. Stolper), Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Stolper Galleries (New York, owned and operated by Robert L. Stolper) in 1965.
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- Date created
- AD 100–700 (Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 23/6189
- Barcode
- 236189.000
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Object Name
- Stirrup-spout bottle in the form of a frog
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip, paint
- Techniques
- Modeled, slipped, painted
- Dimensions
- 20 x 15 x 18 cm
- Place
- Vicús valley; Piura Region; Peru (inferred)
- See related items
- Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture)
- Food/Beverage Serving
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_251544
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61cee2c44-7153-48ce-aec0-4ea84eb5947b
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