Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of collector and scholar Alan R. Sawyer (1919-2002); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Alan Sawyer in 1962.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Wari (Huari) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Alan Reed Sawyer (Alan R. Sawyer), Non-Indian, 1919-2002
- Date created
- AD 600–1000 (Middle Horizon period)
- Object Name
- Bottle in the form of a snake depicting the Andean god Wiraqocha (the staff god) and felines
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, clay slip
- Techniques
- Mold-made, burnished, slipped, painted
- Dimensions
- 18.00 x 13.00 x 21.50 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
