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Stirrup-spout Bottle
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Stirrup-spout Bottle

Artist/Maker (Colombia/Ecuador)
Date300 BCE-200 CE
Mediumpottery, paint and gold
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (20.3 x 16.5 x 14 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bischoff
Terms
    Object number84.0243.10
    DescriptionIthyphallic bound effigy figures were commonly represented from the Olmec of Mesoamerica to the Moche of Peru. Moche vessels of this sort were grave offerings, as was this beautifully preserved example. Errazuriz (1980:168-169) suggests that it is possible these figures represent participants in circumcision or initiation rites, or preparation for marriage, because the glans have been highlighted with red pigment and they wear jewelry, a sign that by primitive standards they are not naked. Prisoners in these cultures were generally stripped of all belongings.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bottle
    Moche
    100-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Water Jar (Hydria)
    Leagros Group
    ca. 575-500 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Male Figure
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Trophy Head
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Charger
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tomb of Ramose
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Classic Veracruz
    ca. 600-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Stirrup-spout Bottle
    Moche
    100-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Water Jar
    Chancay
    1200-1450
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    An Exact Representation of the Death of Captn. James Cook, F.R.S. at Karakakooa Bay, in Owhyhee, on Feby. 14, 1779. Accurately Engraved from a Drawing made on the spot purposely for this Work by A. Hogg.
    Artist Unknown
    1785
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Stirrup-spout Bottle
    Moche
    100-800
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tripod Jar
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 400-700
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