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Anthropo-phyto-zoomorphic hybrid being

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Form: phytomorphic, manioc tuber with anthropo-zoomorphic head, spout on the head Colour/technique: red body, red-brown engobed (partially abraded), painted cream Vessel body: anthropo-zoomorphic head (felid teeth), the body depicted as a manioc tuber, the germ eyes cream-coloured (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Weight: 0,523 kg
Height: 12,5 cm
Depth: 23 cm
Width: 13,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 66481

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1994
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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