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Anthropomorphic kneeling figure: ill person depiction

Form: anthropomorphic, kneeling figure, conical spout above the head Colour/technique: red body, painted cream Vessel body: face red-brown, eyes and teeth cream-coloured, mouth and nose pathogenically deformed, scars on the cheeks, headdress/covering, outer garment with cream-coloured stripes, feet amputated Special: scars, mouth and nose pathogenically deformed (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 20,1 cm
Depth: 10,8 cm
Width: 10,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17842

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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