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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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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

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