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Portrait head with stirrup spout

Form: anthropomorphic head, stirrup spout on the head Colour/technique: reddish brown and cream engobed, polished Stirrup spout: reddish brown engobed VS: cream-coloured face, reddish brown face painting/tattooing, headdress with two conical tassels attached to the sides, perforated like sieves RS: headdress Special: face tattooing/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Portrait head with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 22,3 cm
Depth: 12,2 cm
Width: 17,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 4688
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Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
who
Moche
who
José Mariano Macedo (1823 - 1894) - Collectors

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