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Bird

Shape: Double-bodied vessel with zoomorphic application (bird's head) on one vessel body and cylindrical spout on the other Colour/technique: red body, unpainted, relief vessel body: the bird's head is also a whistling device, feet and wings in relief on the vessel body (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 14,7 cm
Depth: 18,3 cm
Width: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18988

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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