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Vessel in the shape of a bound man

The vessel with a funnel-shaped neck or spout is designed in the shape of a of a seated, bound man. The naked man is only wearing his headgear and has a rope tied around his neck and hands, a reference to the representation of a prisoner. prisoner. Such depictions are widespread in Moche art. Comparable representations from the Baessler Collection can be found in the Ethnological Museum Berlin, for example from Chimbote (SMB, inv. no. V A 17810).

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
160 x 95 x 83 mm
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 31782
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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