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Ape with chalk case

Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure with monkey's head, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red-brown and cream engobed, red-brown, black, beige painted Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: Head reddish brown, the chin area cream-coloured, ear ornaments, back of the head black, upper garment cream-coloured, a small bag on the left shoulder, polymorphically geometrically decorated, in the hands a lime container (poporo) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 25,5 cm
Depth: 23,8 cm
Width: 15,5 cm
Weight: 1,011 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62138

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
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1925
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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