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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains

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Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure surrounded by six mountain peaks, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: orange and cream engobed, polished Stirrup spout: orange Vessel body: anthropo-zoomorphic figure with feline teeth, ear ornaments, neck ornaments, arm ornaments, two double-headed serpents coiled around the mountain peaks, one head resting on that of the anthropo-zoomorphic figure, while the other can be seen on the back of the vessel (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 22,5 cm
Depth: 19,1 cm
Width: 17,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 48087

Provenance and sources

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

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