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Vessel in the shape of a corn creature with fork neck spout

The spout of the fork-necked vessel is broken off and missing. The oval body of the vessel is decorated with semi-plasticised corn cobs, with an anthropomorphic face with four fangs protruding in the upper area. an anthropomorphic face with four fangs protruding from the upper part. The interpretations are interpretations vary: it could be the depiction of a person with ritual specialisation ritual specialisation, a creation story or a supernatural being, as suggested by Lieske (2009). For example, according to Lieske (2009), the maize deity p-B. A comparable vessel from Chimbote in the Baessler collection, which contains several such objects from this region, can be found in the Ethnological Museum Berlin (SMB, inv. no. V A 17825).

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
173 x 190 x 140 mm
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 31785
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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