A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Amulets - Assimilation Andrew Oliver

Andrew Oliver

assembled in the 1960s

Displaying remarkable solidity and heaviness

Such models were placed in ancient Egyptian tombs during the Old Kingdom period to symbolically provide sustenance to the deceased in the afterlife

A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Amulets - Assimilation Andrew OliverThe large bottle with globular body, tall neck, and large loop handle, the upper body decorated with two charming red brown long necked birds over cream ground, bisected by a red border, the lower body painted brown. Andean societies thought of birds as precious resources; there was a roaring trade, for example, in parrot and macaw feathers from the Amazon Basin to the Andes so that they could adorn the garments of elites. Many birds appear in ancient