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Bearded man

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, vessel with rectangular base, stirrup spout on the back of the figure Colour/technique: red body, orange and cream engobed, cream painted Stirrup spout: orange Vessel body: face orange, eyes and beard cream, ear ornaments orange and cream (depicting a stylised octopus); outer garment painted orange and cream with polymorphic geometric decoration RS: painted polymorphic-geometric (partially rubbed off) painted Special: ear ornaments, beard (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 22,7 cm
Depth: 19,5 cm
Width: 13,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62153

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Valle de Chicama
    Hacienda de Casa Grande (near Trujillo)
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - 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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