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Application: two anthropomorphic heads between mountain peaks

Shape: spherical, two conical mountain peaks on the sides, conical spout, anthropomorphic applications Colour/technique: red body, painted cream, relief vessel body VS: unpainted, vessel body RS: in relief the bodies to the two anthropomorphic heads, two clubs (painted) Application: anthropomorphic heads on each side of the spout, headdress/covering, ear decoration (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 24,4 cm
Depth: 23,6 cm
Width: 15,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 16934

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Frau Lührsen - Former Possessors
    Johannes Lührsen (1838 - 1903) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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