Bottle
The neck of this jar is in the form of a human figure adorned with a necklace and headdress. It possibly depicts the creator god Bochica or someone considered important such as a local ruler. This was documented as being ‘found in Indian graves’, likely as a result of excavation work.
Collected before 1878.
Collected before 1878.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A618
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Containers
- Collection Area Region
- S
- Material
- clay
- Common Name
- bottle
- Simple Name
- bottle
- Period Classification
- Caciques
- Production Town
- Honda
- Production County
- Eastern Range
- Production Country
- Colombia
- Production Date
- 1200s
- Production Year Low
- 1200
- Production Year High
- 1600
