Animator Controller for an object... what should it be?

In the inspector I can see my 3d model with animation component.

The controller reads: None (Animation Controller)

Inside my movement script that's attached to this model, I have this code:

 if (Input.GetButton("Fire1")) {
    animation.Play("Take_001");
 }

When I hit Fire1 button, I get this error:

MissingComponentException: There is no 'Animation' attached to the "skeleton" game object, but a script is trying to access it.

I'm pretty sure the animator controller needs to be attached to a controller but I don't know what that would be. How can I fix this?