Bottle
Vessel in the form of the red-coloured thorny oyster (Spondylus princeps). Spondylus is native to Ecuador’s coast. The ruling elite used this shell in abundance. As red dust it would be scattered before the King’s feet as he walked on the ground. In death his burial would be accompanied by such shells and ceramics made to look like them.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 25/1955/13
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- South America
- Material
- blackware pottery | | | |
- Common Name
- bottle
- Simple Name
- bottle
- Production Town
- Production County
- Lambayeque Valley, North Coast
- Production Country
- Peru
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 900
- Production Year High
- 1100
