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Reclining anthropomorphic figure: depiction of illness

Form: anthropomorphic, figure supported on hands and knees, conical spout at the back of the head Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed Spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: face red-brown, eyes and mouth cream-coloured, mouth and nose pathogenically deformed, cream-coloured outer garment, red-brown sling around the neck (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 21,6 cm
Depth: 17,2 cm
Width: 11,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62149

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Valle de Chicama
    Hacienda de Casa Grande (near Trujillo)
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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