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Application: anthropomorphic defecating figure

Shape: spherical with stand ring, anthropomorphic application, stirrup spout on the back of the figure Colour/technique: grey body, red-brown and cream engobed, painted black and cream (fineline technique) Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: horizontally divided in two, lower part engobed red-brown, upper part engobed cream-coloured, polymorphic geometric painting (fineline painting, heavily rubbed) Application: squatting and defecating anthropomorphic figure, under the right thigh a bowl with food, upper garment red-brown and cream-coloured, lower body naked and covered with stains (skin disease?) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Depth: 19,1 cm
Width: 12,4 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 32579

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    P. Otto Zembsch (1841-05-31 - 1911-03-02) - Collectors
    Ernst Wilhelm Eduard von Knorr (1840-03-08 - 1920-02-17) - 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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