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Application: anthropomorphic head; Relief: zoomorphic and anthropomorphic

Shape: anthropo-zoomorphic (toad/frog), stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, orange and cream engobed, relief stirrup spout: orange engobed Vessel body: cream-coloured engobed, anthropomorphic design on the front with attached head, the mouth open in white, anthropomorphic relief under the head (head down), zoomorphic reliefs (birds) on the sides, zoomorphic frog/toad design on the back (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 20,6 cm
Depth: 18,8 cm
Width: 13,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62154

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
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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