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Seated anthropomorphic figure; Fineline Painting: polymorphic geometric

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: yellow and grey body, red-brown and cream engobed, painted red-brown (fineline technique) Stirrup spout: red-brown Vessel body: Face grey body, eyes cream-coloured, ear ornaments, zoomorphic headdress (snakes), cream-coloured outer garment and painted brown (spirals/waves), arm ornaments, black body tattoo/painting, hands on lap RS: headdress/covering hanging on back Especially (1): body tattoo/painting, ear ornaments Especially (2): fineline painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 22,5 cm
Depth: 12,2 cm
Width: 16,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 48183

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Guadalupito (Chimbote)
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - 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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