Effigy Vessel

Black double vessel. Two compressed flasks, one surmounted by a human head, the other with cylindrical neck. Stylized birds and snaked (stepped frets) on pebbled fields

Narrow necked whistling vessel with a double-chambered effigy-anthropomorphic body, cylindrical neck, inward sloping rim, 1 bridge handle extending from the neck to the body, and a flat base. The double-chambered body has a design in relief from the mold, including a raised dot and geometric pattern. One of the chambers is human shaped with helmet, face, necklace, and arms. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in a reducing atmosphere as the surface is black and the interior is gray in color. There is a hole at the join of the bridge handle to the human shaped chamber, possibly for a whistle?. The catalogue number is written on the object in black ink. Black ink on the bottom of the base reads: "2786."