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Fineline Painting: polymorphic geometric

Shape: hemispherical with vessel foot, which is also a rattle Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed, painted brown (fineline technique) Vessel foot: polished body, surrounding row of brown dots on the foot Vessel body: horizontally divided in two, frieze with stylised waves and pyramids on both halves (partially heavily rubbed) Special: base as rattle (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Cup (rattle)
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Depth: 12,3 cm
Width: 12,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18494

Provenance and sources

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

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