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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure (bird/owl)

Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure (bird/owl), spout with handle on the back of the head Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed Spout: red body Vessel body: owl's head with ear ornaments, headdress, shield and club in the hands (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Depth: 9,3 cm
Width: 8,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 48188

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Guadelupito (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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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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