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.
