Moche
Portrait head bottle
Moche, 300
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, slip paint, 12 in. (30.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Jaegal Foundation, Baltimore, George and Julianne Alderman
Object Number
1989.57
Portraiture of leader in the form of a stirrup-spout bottle. This example shows a middle aged individual who wears a head band with trapezoidal panel at the back of the neck, painted in red on cream. The ears are pierced with tubular ear ornaments. The eyes have been painted with a cream slip paint. Laugh lines have been etched into the lower cheeks.
Darienne Turner, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ancient Americas Gallery Rotations, December 12, 2021.
On View: Ancient Americas
