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Anthropomorphic head (skull)
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Shape: spherical, anthropomorphic skull, vessel opening at the top Colour/technique: white engobed, painted red-brown, incised decoration Vessel body: the eye sockets and nostrils red-brown, incised folds on the cheeks red-brown, red-brown circle on the left and right at temple level (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Head vessel
Dimensions
Height: 13,5 cm
Depth: 14,8 cm
Width: 13 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17871

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Chimbote
who
Moche
who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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