1983.W.126 Stirrup-spout bottle: bird form with manioc stalk (Peru, Moche)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–400 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 11/29/13, 06/19/14, 02/05/16, and 09/06/16.
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "M65 A mythical combination of bird, human hands, and other vegetative elements one of which evidently the same thing combined with frog figure No. 21. For interpretation consult Dr. Ch. Donan. Mochica IV."
    • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 31, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
    • Fun Fact removed from online display 5/30/2019 at the request/suggestion of Michelle Rich. Michelle thought the statements were confusing and not useful for general visitors. (Emily Schiller, 5/30/2019)

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
manioc (shrub / Manihot esculenta species): AAT: 300375548
cassava (starch / materials): AAT: 300012960
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
stalk (plant material): AAT: 300011904
plants (living organisms): AAT: 300132360
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
hands (animal or human components): AAT: 300310193
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
gourd (plant / fruit): AAT: 300011870
gourd (shape): DMA
round (shape): AAT: 300121969
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
effigies (general portraits): 300404933

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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Notes
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–400 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 10/15/13, 11/29/13, 06/19/14, 02/05/16, and 09/06/16.
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "M65 A mythical combination of bird, human hands, and other vegetative elements one of which evidently the same thing combined with frog figure No. 21. For interpretation consult Dr. Ch. Donan. Mochica IV."
    • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 31, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
    • Fun Fact removed from online display 5/30/2019 at the request/suggestion of Michelle Rich. Michelle thought the statements were confusing and not useful for general visitors. (Emily Schiller, 5/30/2019)

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): DMA
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
manioc (shrub / Manihot esculenta species): AAT: 300375548
cassava (starch / materials): AAT: 300012960
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
stalk (plant material): AAT: 300011904
plants (living organisms): AAT: 300132360
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
hands (animal or human components): AAT: 300310193
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
gourd (plant / fruit): AAT: 300011870
gourd (shape): DMA
round (shape): AAT: 300121969
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
effigies (general portraits): 300404933

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
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animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
sitting (seated): AAT: 300263970
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
gourd (plant / fruit): AAT: 300011870
hands (animal or human components): AAT: 300310193
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
anthropomorphic: AAT: 300010335
zoomorphic: AAT: 300010338
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): AAT: 300417500
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
plant-derived motifs: AAT: 300164599
plants (living organisms): AAT: 300132360
gourd (shape): DMA
beaks (animal components): AAT: 300400475
round (shape): AAT: 300121969
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
cassava (starch / materials): AAT: 300012960
manioc (shrub / Manihot esculenta species): AAT: 300375548
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