Stirrup-spout vessel · Peru, Cupisnique · ID: 3037083
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Provenance
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
greyish brown clay, spherical body with stylized owl face, rep. (two breakages at the spout), sligh traces of abrasion;
nocturnal owls are often linked to shamanic activity.
Comparing literature
Stone-Miller, Rebecca, Seeing with new eyes, Atlanta 2002, p. 222, ill. 506