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Sacrifice scene on the hill

Form: polymorphous vessel with a round base, on which five conical mountain peaks and anthropomorphic figures are modelled, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red-brown engobed, painted cream, relief stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: red-brown engobed, stand ring cream-coloured Mountain scenery: On the left an anthropo-zoomorphic hybrid creature (fox head) sitting on a rectangular base, four anthropomorphic figures between the mountain peaks, other figures lying at the foot of the mountains and one figure bent over the highest peak so that the hair is hanging down (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 22 cm
Depth: 19,1 cm
Width: 15,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, ceramic
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17585

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo
    who
    Moche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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