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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains and two snakes

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Shape: hemispherical, conical spout at the top Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed, relief Spout: red body, cream vertical stripes Vessel body front: cream engobed with relief Vessel body back: cream engobed Relief: anthropo-zoomorphic figure (felid teeth) with arm ornaments, double ear ornaments and neck ornaments, two snake heads above the figure's head (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 28,5 cm
Depth: 18,1 cm
Width: 21,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17783

Provenance and sources

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

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