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Seated anthropomorphic figure in the shape of a penis

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Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure and penis/testicle figure with small hole on the head, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, black and cream painted Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: face red body, eyes cream-coloured, face tattoo/painting cream-coloured, ear ornaments cream-coloured, outer garment painted black and cream-coloured, black body tattoo/painting, right hand on chin Especially: face tattoo/painting, body tattoo/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 24,1 cm
Depth: 18,5 cm
Width: 11,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47890

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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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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