A Moche stirrup spouted vessel, between 100 BC and 700 CE

A stirrup spout vessel (so called because of its resemblance to a stirrup) is a type of ceramic vessel common among several Pre-Columbian cultures of South America beginning in the early 2nd millennium BCE.^[1] These cultures included the Chavin and the Moche. In these vessels the stirrup handle actually forms part of the spout, which emanates from the top of the stirrup. The jars, which were often elaborately figurative, would be cast from a mold, while the stirrup spout was built by hand and welded to the vessel with slip.^[2]

[edit] See also

• Double spout and bridge vessel, another common type of vessel from Pre-Columbian South America
• Stirrup jar, a similarly named vessel of Mediterranean origin

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