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Sacrifice scene

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Form: zoomorphic and anthropo-zoomorphic figure (sacrificial scene) on a rectangular pedestal, stirrup spout on the back of the main figure Colour/technique: grey-black body, unpainted Vessel body: anthropo-zoomorphic figure (felid head) with tumi, holding an anthropomorphic figure ready for sacrifice (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 11,9 cm
Depth: 14,4 cm
Width: 8,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17668

Provenance and sources

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

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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