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Standing anthropo-zoomorphic figure (bird/owl) with club and shield

Form: anthropo-zoomorphic, standing figure (owl), spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, red-brown and cream painted Spout: cream engobed Vessel body: face painted cream-coloured, headdress/covering, zoomorphic ear ornament (snake head), reddish brown outer garment with broad cream-coloured collar, shield and club, black body tattoo/painting Special: body tattoo/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 24,8 cm
Depth: 16,9 cm
Width: 14,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18093

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    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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