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Seated anthropomorphic figure with skull

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Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure with skull, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: red body, orange and cream engobed, painted black Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: Face as skull, red shards, zoomorphic headdress (felid), cream-coloured ear ornaments, perforated eyes, two further holes on the neck, outer garment with cream-coloured collar, black body tattoo/painting Special: ear ornaments, body tattoo/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Pipe with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 23,8 cm
Depth: 12,8 cm
Width: 16,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 48182

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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