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Standing anthropomorphic figure with trophy head

Form: anthropomorphic, standing figure with trophy head and staff in hand, small opening on the head and at the back of the head Colour/technique: white stone, shell inlay (spondylus), painted black and red Figure: face white with red face painting, recesses for inlays: trapezoidal shell inlays at the temples, inlays on the headdress missing, trophy head painted red and black (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Stone figure
Dimensions
Height: 7,7 cm
Depth: 4,3 cm
Width: 5 cm
Material/Technique
Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 46116

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Ica
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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