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Snail

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Shape: zoomorphic, snail, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, painted red-brown Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: snail red body, snail shell cream engobed with red-brown pattern (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Weight: 0,765 kg
Height: 27,6 cm
Depth: 22 cm
Width: 10,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62139

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Valle de Chicama
    Hacienda de Casa Grande (near Trujillo)
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1925
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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