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Application: anthropo-zoomorphic figure (crab/crab)

Form: spherical, anthropo-zoomorphic appliqué, stirrup spout on the back of the figure, damaged Colour/technique: grey engobed, unpainted, relief Vessel body: on the back in relief the zoomorphic body (crab/crab) of the appliqué Appliqué: anthropo-zoomorphic head (feline teeth), headdress/covering (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 25,1 cm
Depth: 15,1 cm
Width: 17,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18028

Provenance and sources

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

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