Bottle: Leaf-Nosed Bat Head 9th-5th century B.C. Tembladera Spouted ceramic vessels from the Peruvian Formative period (1800-200 B.C.) were usually designed with elaborately sculpted bodies, such as this bottle in the shape of an animal head with bared teeth. The fanged mouth paired with an upward curled nose is diagnostic of the leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae) commonly found in the Andes. In addition to the nose leafa spear-shaped structure on the muzzlea bat’s ears are a critical tool in their ability to locate objects based on sound (or echolocation). Rendered as three-dimensional crests on either side of the bottle’s spout, the ears of this figure are alert as if ready to receive soundwaves. Located under the ears, the highly burnished black eyes remind the viewer of the bats' night vision, and mimic the creature’s glistening black eyes seen against the gray or tan fur. This piece is said to have been found at the archaeological site of Tembladera (1200-800 B.C.) in the Jequetepe

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Bottle: Leaf-Nosed Bat Head 9th-5th century B.C. Tembladera Spouted ceramic vessels from the Peruvian Formative period (1800-200 B.C.) were usually designed with elaborately sculpted bodies, such as this bottle in the shape of an animal head with bared teeth. The fanged mouth paired with an upward curled nose is diagnostic of the leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae) commonly found in the Andes. In addition to the nose leafa spear-shaped structure on the muzzlea bat’s ears are a critical tool in their ability to locate objects based on sound (or echolocation). Rendered as three-dimensional crests on either side of the bottle’s spout, the ears of this figure are alert as if ready to receive soundwaves. Located under the ears, the highly burnished black eyes remind the viewer of the bats' night vision, and mimic the creature’s glistening black eyes seen against the gray or tan fur. This piece is said to have been found at the archaeological site of Tembladera (1200-800 B.C.) in the Jequetepe

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