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Vessel

The oval, black vessel with a base and neck with a curved spout rim is shaped spout rim is shaped like a human head. The decoration of the headdress consists of braided patterns. See also RJM 31757 The Ethnological Museum owns several such vessels, including one from Trujillo in the Gretzer Collection (SMB, inv. no. V A 47817).

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Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Chimú Inka
Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
163 x 110 x 99 mm
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 31746
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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