The Moche are among the most celebrated Pre-Columbian artists for their quality works in clay, fiber, and metal, and for their range of representational themes. This mold-made bottle shows a warrior with a spotted, conical helmet. In his proper right hand he holds a club. His body is draped across the cream colored upper portion of the bottle. A single spout and bridge handle pierces the figure at the neck and back. The shape of the bridge and the paint marks on the lip of the spout indicate the time of its manufacture (ca. 500 CE). The outer surface of the bottle is evenly slip painted and burnished. Bourget (2001:102) illustrates similar bottles in which the figure is seated atop the bottle holding a club in its left hand (see figs. 21 and 22). He links the iconography of this thematic group to sea lion hunters. - Lisa DeLeonardis, June 2016