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Fineline painting: polymorphic geometric

Form: anthropomorphic head, stirrup spout above the crown Colour/technique: light red body, painted white and reddish brown Stirrup spout: white VS: face painted light red in the middle and reddish brown on the sides, neck light red, eyes white, white headdress wound under the chin and knotted there, headband with reddish brown painting (polymorphic geometric) RS: white headband with reddish brown painting (fineline technique), reddish brown hair Special (1): face tattoo/painting, Special (2): headband with painting (fineline technique) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 28,3 cm
Depth: 18,6 cm
Width: 17,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 48028

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - 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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