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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure (bird/owl)

Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure (owl), spout on the head Colour/technique: red body, painted cream Vessel body: eyes and chin cream-coloured, neck ornament cream-coloured, arm ornament cream-coloured, mace and shield in the hands RS: plumage depicted with cream-coloured painting, damaged (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 19,9 cm
Depth: 12,7 cm
Width: 12,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 4182
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    José Mariano Macedo (1823 - 1894) - 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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