This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Application: anthropomorphic head, blind

Shape: spherical, anthropomorphic application, stirrup spout on the back of the figure Colour/technique: grey and red-brown body, red-brown and cream engobed, painted brown (fineline technique) Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: cream-coloured engobed, designed as an upper body with arms, the cuffs and the headdress decorated in a polymorphic geometric pattern, sling with a pendant hanging from it on the left shoulder Application: anthropomorphic head, face red-brown body, eyes blind Special: pendant painted on the shoulder using the fineline technique (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 24,1 cm
Depth: 20,8 cm
Width: 14,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62146

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

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.6 / 7.5