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Portrait head

Form: anthropomorphic head, vessel opening above the crown Colour/technique: black-brown body, painted white (heavily abraded) VS: eyes and ear ornaments white, pupils black-brown, white headdress with a white band pulled under the child, nasal septum pierced for nose ornament (missing) RS: white headdress with knot Special: double ear ornament, nasal septum pierced for nose ornament (missing) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Portrait head
Dimensions
Height: 14,5 cm
Depth: 13,9 cm
Width: 17 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 66780

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Irene Pozzer - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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