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Seated anthropomorphic figure in the shape of a penis

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, head in the shape of a penis with small opening, spout on the back (broken off) Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed Vessel body: face red body with folds or beard around the mouth, ear ornaments, headdress red-brown and shaped like a glans, cream-coloured outer garment, red-brown waistcloth, hands folded over the knees Special: ear ornaments; according to the index card originally with stirrup spout. Originally with stirrup spout. (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Width: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 12979

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
    Carl Plock - 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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