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Portrait head

Form: anthropomorphic head, stirrup spout above the crown Colour/technique: light red body, painted white and reddish brown, partially polished Stirrup spout: white VS: face painted light red in the centre and reddish brown on the sides, eyes and ear ornaments white, white headdress with reddish brown painting (ribbons) RS: white headdress with reddish brown knot Special: facial tattooing/painting, ear ornaments (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Weight: 0,97 kg
Height: 29,1 cm
Depth: 20,4 cm
Width: 18,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 48032

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1907
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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