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Bottle with relief of bat and rayed figures

Chimú, 999-1469

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Chimú

Bottle with relief of bat and rayed figures

Chimú

Bottle with relief of bat and rayed figures

Chimú, 999-1469

Physical Qualities Earthenware, reduced black, 8 9/16 × 5 5/8 × 5 3/8 in. (21.8 × 14.3 × 13.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of A. Harvey and Phyllis K. Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number 1983.186
Elliptical body with brilliant surface patina. The bottle neck and handle form the head and beak of seabird. Lateral surfaces show alternating reliefs: a splayed bat framed by raised dots on one side and three rayed figures beneath a stepped pyramid of raised dots on the other.
BMA by gift, 1983; A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore, by 1971.

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2000–2000

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