1976.W.91 Spout-and-bridge bottle: bird form (Peru, Moche)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 100–350 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 06/19/14, 02/05/16, 07/28/16, 09/06/16, and 01/10/17.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 32, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287

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

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
incising: AAT: 300053847
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
standing: AAT: 300239500
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
macaws (birds/animals): AAT: 300310660
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108

RELATED OBJECTS 

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

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). 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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ARCHIVAL RESOURCES

FUN FACTS
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "***R17 Form of parrot or macaw, red and cream slip. Tapered spout, bridge handle, slightly later in time than P33 (1976.w.???). Some surface restoration and possibly repair of tail."

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Fun Facts
  • In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "***R17 Form of parrot or macaw, red and cream slip. Tapered spout, bridge handle, slightly later in time than P33 (1976.w.???). Some surface restoration and possibly repair of tail."

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Web Resources
 
Notes
  • Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 100–350 C.E. (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on 06/19/14, 02/05/16, 07/28/16, 09/06/16, and 01/10/17.
  • Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 32, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287

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

Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
clay: AAT: 300010439
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
incising: AAT: 300053847
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
standing: AAT: 300239500
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
birds (animals): AAT: 300266506
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
macaws (birds/animals): AAT: 300310660
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108

RELATED OBJECTS 

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

From 1976: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Nora and John Wise Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, the Eugene McDermott Family, Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Murchison [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is letter from A.L. Woodman, Chief of Valuation Analysis Section of the Internal Revenue Service, to Harry S. Parker, Director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (dated July 23, 1979, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File, Confidential). 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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@Higgins
*Arts of the Americas
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
%copyedited_Gail
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
clay: AAT: 300010439
funerary objects: AAT: 300234126
modeling (forming): AAT: 300053130
slip (clay): AAT: 300010459
slip glaze: AAT: 300015110
incising: AAT: 300053847
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
effigies (funerary sculpture): AAT: 300047108
coiling (pottery technique): AAT: 300053903
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
standing: AAT: 300239500
effigies (general portraits): 300404933
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
ritual vessels: AAT: 300265801
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
.TeachingIdeas
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
stripes: AAT: 300010230
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
firing (technique): AAT: 300053887
bridge spouts: AAT: 300203289
stirrup-spout vessel (containers): AAT: 300417500
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
macaws (birds/animals): AAT: 300310660
parrots (birds/animals/Psittacidae family): AAT: 300250076
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