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Fork-necked vessel in the shape of 2 monkeys

The body of the brown-red and cream-painted fork-necked vessel is in the shape of two in the shape of two embracing monkeys. They are adorned with ear plugs and wear a a pouch around their necks. Monkeys are not native to the Peruvian north coast and were probably were probably imported from northern Ecuador. A very similar vessel (0-600) from Chimbote in the Gretzer Collection is in the Ethnological Museum in Berlin (SMB, Inv.No. V A 18136) and can also be seen on a photo of Gretzer's stock - albeit labelled (photo archive labelled - (Photo archive of the State Museum in Hanover 5_1_669).

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
153 x 123 x 130 mm
Material/Technique
Ceramics
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 31788
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

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