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Seated anthropomorphic figure without arms

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, the legs depicted at the bottom of the vessel, spout on the back (broken off) Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, painted red-brown, polished Vessel body: face reddish brown, ears with two perforations each for freely hanging jewellery (missing), face with wrinkles or scars, band of a bag around the neck, bag over the right shoulder, outer garment cream-coloured with reddish brown stripes, arms missing Especially: ears with two perforations each for freely hanging jewellery (missing) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel made of clay
Dimensions
Height: 17,1 cm
Depth: 11,3 cm
Width: 12,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 14068

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    M.E. Zimmermann - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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