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Seated anthropomorphic figure with a felid

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Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure with skull, felid on lap, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: light red body, engobed in red-brown and cream, painted red-brown and black Stirrup spout: one half engobed in red-brown and the other half in cream Vessel body: face red-brown, eyes and teeth cream-coloured, head cover cream-coloured and with eyelet for free-hanging jewellery (missing), outer garment light red body and cream-coloured, the left arm is broken off, the right one holds the felid Felide: red-brown body with black markings RS: outer garment cream-coloured and black (rubbed off) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 23,6 cm
Depth: 14,6 cm
Width: 21,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17865

Provenance and sources

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

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