The vessel with a funnel-shaped neck or spout is designed in the shape of a of a seated, bound man. The naked man is only wearing his headgear and has a rope tied around his neck and hands, a reference to the representation of a prisoner. prisoner. Such depictions are widespread in Moche art. Comparable representations from the Baessler Collection can be found in the Ethnological Museum Berlin, for example from Chimbote (SMB, inv. no. V A 17810).