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Portrait head

Form: anthropomorphic head, vertical spout with handle above the crown Colour/technique: light red body; painted white, black and dark red, polished, spout: white, set off in red on the body of the vessel, handle red VS: neck light red with tattoo/painting, face painted red, eyes white inside with black rim, headdress white, face tattoo/painting RS: white stripes of the headdress, neck area red Special: face tattoo/painting, also on the neck (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Portrait head
Dimensions
Height: 23,7 cm
Depth: 14,8 cm
Width: 15,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17901

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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