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Seated anthropomorphic figure without arms; Fineline Painting: polymorphic geometric

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Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: brown and cream engobed, painted brown (fineline technique) Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: Face brown, teeth cream-coloured, lips swollen, eyes cream-coloured, headdress/covering brown, upper garment cream-coloured with brown stripes and painted in a polymorphic geometric pattern (stylised fish, fineline technique) on the lower edge, arms missing RS: small pocket on the back Special: fineline painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 22,5 cm
Depth: 21,3 cm
Width: 19,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62147

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Valle de Chicama
    Hacienda de Casa Grande (near Trujillo)
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
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