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Bird/owl

Shape: zoomorphic (bird/owl), spout on the head, handle on the back Colour/technique: white and brown engobed, painted dark brown Spout: white engobed and polished, handle brown Vessel body: belly and front head white, eyes, tip of beak and facial markings dark brown, upper plumage brown engobed, remains of dark brown painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 23,2 cm
Depth: 15,9 cm
Width: 13,9 cm
Weight: 0,549 kg
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 7675

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Louis Sokoloski - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Access 1887
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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