Chimú-Lambayeque
Sican effigy bottle
Chimú-Lambayeque, 1099-1249
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Chimú-Lambayeque
Sican effigy bottle
Chimú-Lambayeque, 1099-1249
Physical Qualities
Earthenware, reduced black, 6 × 5 1/2 in. (15.2 × 14 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of A. Harvey and Phyllis K. Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number
1983.195
Finely modeled, miniature pedestal base bottle features the head of the Sicán deity (conical headdress, comma-shaped eyes, beak nose, no mouth). The deity's attire shows a segmented panel of four deity heads embossed on the upper portion of the vessel exterior. A small seabird is appliqued to the vessel handle.
