A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Vessels - Stone Note: From the Israeli Museum:

Note: From the Israeli Museum: “small head pendants

a well-balanced weapon

who acquired it in the 1950s

Meret-Amun was the daughter of High Priest of Amun Menkheperra A and Isememkhebit C and (half-)sister of Pinedjem II

Oxford: Griffith Institute

A large Moche Stirrup Bottle, Moche IV, ca. 500 - 700 CE Vessels - Stone Note: From the Israeli Museum: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