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Head vessel

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Shape: anthropomorphic head, spout above the head, handle at the back of the head Colour/technique: red body, cream and black painted Spout: red body Vessel body: face red body, eyes cream, ear decoration, black face tattoo/painting Special: face tattoo/painting, ear decoration (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Head vessel
Dimensions
Height: 21,7 cm
Depth: 16,1 cm
Width: 13,1 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 66488

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1994
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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