A Vicús Double-Chambered Figural Vessel, ca. A.D. 100-500 with a woman giving birth and holding her rounded belly with outstretched fingers, her navel protruding and legs bent tightly, the hollow head forming the whistle with her mouth open in exclamation, eyes pierced at the corners, and with coiffure of crossed plaits extending down her back around the multiple perforations, joined to a bottle with spout forming the mouth piece, the whole decorated in negative black resist on the reddish brown. length 12 1/4 in. 31 cm
A Vicús Double-Chambered Figural Vessel, ca. A.D. 100-500 with a woman giving birth and holding her rounded belly with outstretched fingers, her navel protruding and legs bent tightly, the hollow head forming the whistle with her mouth open in exclamation, eyes pierced at the corners, and with coiffure of crossed plaits extending down her back around the multiple perforations, joined to a bottle with spout forming the mouth piece, the whole decorated in negative black resist on the reddish brown. length 12 1/4 in. 31 cm
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