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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains
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Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure (felid teeth) surrounded by six mountain peaks, stirrup spout on the back of the figure Colour/technique: red-brown and cream engobed, red-brown painted, polished Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: standing anthropo-zoomorphic figure, face tattooed/painted red-brown, double ear ornament, cream-coloured outer garment with broad red-brown striped collar/neck ornament, arm ornament, head ornament/covering Special: two double-headed snakes are coiled around the red-brown engobed mountain peaks, so that one head can be seen next to each of the figure's arms, while the other head rests on the figure's head ornament (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 20,3 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Width: 18,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 739
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Provenance and sources

Production
when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
who
Moche
Collecting
who
Ferreyros - Collectors
Bastian, Adolf - Former Possessors
Assignment to a curated holding:
American Archaeology

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