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Dimensions: Overall drop length: 1 5/8 inches (4
Displaying remarkable solidity and heaviness
Provenance: Scheifele Family private collection
acquired before 1956
A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Amulets - Assimilation Dimensions: Overall drop length: 1The 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