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Object Name: Stirrup spout bottle
Artist: Unknown
Culture: Moche
Place of Origin: Peru, north coast
Date/Era: 100 – 800 C.E.
Medium/Materials: Ceramic
Dimensions: H: 18 cm (7.08 in), W: 14 cm (5.1 in), D: 17 cm (6.7 in)
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Lucas, Jr.
Accession Number: X88.803
The eyes and teeth of this individual are inlaid shell and stone. It is likely that he also had inlaid bracelets and ear ornaments of stone, bone, or metal.
Source: Object notes from collections management system.
See also: Marla C. Berns, World Arts, Local Lives: The Collections of the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, 2014.