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Relief: anthropo-zoomorphic head (octopus)

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Shape: spherical, anthropo-zoomorphic relief, stirrup spout on top Colour/technique: black-grey body, unpainted, relief Vessel body: two reliefs Relief: anthropomorphic head with wreath of squid tentacles (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 24,9 cm
Depth: 15,4 cm
Width: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 13009

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
    Carl Plock - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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