Whistling bottle with bridge handle
Artist
Cupisnique artist(s)
CultureCupisnique
OriginNorth Coast, Peru
PeriodEarly Horizon Period (1000-200 BCE)
Date1250 BCE - 1 CE
MediumEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 17 x 17 cm (6 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
DescriptionCupisnique vessel, Early Horizon Period, with rounded body, incised with stylized fanged demon heads. It is surmounted by a standing figure wearing a large human-headed headdress tilted backwards connected by a strap handle to the cylindrical spout. It is painted dark with traces of red and ochre pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.157
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
AndeanCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Nasca artist(s)
200-400
Object number: G83.1.188
Artist / Maker: Salinar artist(s)
500 - 300 BCE
Object number: G83.1.159
Artist / Maker: Tembladera artist(s)
900-200 BCE
Object number: G83.1.154
Artist / Maker: Paracas artist(s)
500-300 BCE
Object number: G83.1.181
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
400-550
Object number: G83.1.105
Artist / Maker: Teotihuacan artist(s)
450-650
Object number: G83.1.19a-b
Artist / Maker: Cupisnique artist(s)
400-100 BCE
Object number: G83.1.182
Artist / Maker: Nasca artist(s)
100-300
Object number: G83.1.185
Artist / Maker: Veracruz artist(s)
600-900
Object number: G83.1.69
