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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains

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Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure with feline teeth, surrounded by eight mountain peaks, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: grey body, reddish brown and cream, painted brown Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: face reddish brown, eyes cream-coloured, zoomorphic ear ornaments (snake heads), headdress/covering, neck ornaments, arm ornaments, outer garment cream-coloured, the mountain peaks reddish brown appear to be part of the clothing RS: two snake heads as part of the waist belt (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 23,8 cm
Depth: 19 cm
Width: 13 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47899

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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