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Pair of birds (owl)

Shape: zoomorphic, pair of owls, spout at the back of the head Colour/technique: red body, painted white Spout: with two opposing perforations (hole) for a rope to pass through Vessel body: red body, painted white Special: perforations (hole) for a rope to pass through at the neck of the vessel (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 8,9 cm
Depth: 5,9 cm
Width: 5,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18116

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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