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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains

Shape: conical in the shape of several mountain peaks with anthropo-zoomorphic application, stirrup spout on the back of the figure Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream-coloured engobed (heavily abraded), partially polished, relief stirrup spout: red-brown engobed, polished Vessel body: Head and upper body of the anthropo-zoomorphic appliqué resting on the upper body of the vessel Relief: two snakes on each side and on the back, the body of the anthropo-zoomorphic figure on the back Appliqué: anthropo-zoomorphic head (feline teeth), with headdress and neck ornament, the figure wears a girdle with snake head appendages (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 18,3 x 14 x 14,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18020

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Chimbote
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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