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Portrait head

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Form: anthropomorphic head, stirrup spout above the crown Colour/technique: light red body, painted white and dark red, polished Stirrup spout: white VS: face and neck painted red, mouth and nose cut out, eyes white, headdress light red RS: neck ornament Special: face tattooing/painting, neck ornament (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Portrait head with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 33,5 cm
Depth: 19,3 cm
Width: 15,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17890

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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