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Anthropomorphic seated figure with zoomorphic decorative scars

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, red-brown and cream painted, incised decoration Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: Face red sherds, face tattooed/painted in incised decoration, eyes and teeth cream-coloured, artificial lip mutilation, headdress/covering, outer garment entirely cream-coloured, shawl collar red-brown with white net decoration, hands on belly, the right hand grey sherds (due to firing?) RS: ends of the shawl collar hanging over the shoulders Special: artificial lip mutilation, face tattoo/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 25,8 x 14,2 x 18,9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17557

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Trujillo
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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