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Zoomorphic hybrid creature: Snake with felid head

Shape: zoomorphic, snake with ears, conical spout on top Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, cream painted (body pattern) Spout: cream engobed Vessel body: underside cream engobed, upper side red-brown engobed (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 23,3 cm
Depth: 24,5 cm
Width: 31,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18220

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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