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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains

Shape: hemispherical vase, sides with conical mountain peaks, conical spout on top, anthropo-zoomorphic relief Colour/technique: red body, painted cream-coloured Spout: red body Vessel body: anthropo-zoomorphic figure (felid teeth), cream-coloured eyes, double ear ornament, cream-coloured neck ornament (beads), holding a trophy head in the right hand and a tumi in the left, the tips of the mountain points painted with cream-coloured circles (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel made of clay
Dimensions
Height: 27,7 cm
Depth: 17,5 cm
Width: 25,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 4602
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    José Mariano Macedo (1823 - 1894) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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