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Portrait head

Form: anthropomorphic head, vessel opening above the crown Colour/technique: red body, painted white VS: entire head red, eyes and ear ornaments outlined in white, red headdress wound under the chin, headband in zoomorphic form (puma) above, the paws on the sides as tassels RS: red, white painting on the headdress, with four white circles in the centre Special: ear ornaments, zoomorphic headband with animal paws as tassels on the sides (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Portrait head
Dimensions
Height: 22,8 cm
Depth: 24,4 cm
Width: 17,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17929

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    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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