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Seated anthropomorphic figure with artificial lip mutilation; Fineline Painting: polymorphic geometric

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed; painted red, red-brown and white (fineline technique), polished Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: face red body (partially discoloured black by firing), artificial lip mutilation, eyes and teeth white, headdress/covering white, outer garment engobed cream-coloured, rectangular field painted in fineline technique on the sleeve hem and in the chest area, red-brown cloth around the hips Special (1): artificial lip mutilation Special (2): rectangular field with fineline painting in the chest area (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 24,5 cm
Depth: 18,5 cm
Width: 13,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 7671

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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