A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Amulets - Assimilation Campana Collection under the reference:

Campana Collection under the reference: BJ 322

acquired before 1956

Andrew Oliver

These designs are not merely decorative

Richard Kelton Collection

A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Amulets - Assimilation Campana Collection under the reference:The 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