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Corn deity

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Shape: spherical, cylindrical spout at the top Colour/technique: red body, relief (anthropomorphic head and corn kernels), red-brown and white engobed Spout: designed as an anthropomorphic head, red-brown engobed, white headdress, ear decoration Vessel body: white engobed and depicted as corn kernels RS: mop of hair tied together (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 21,3 cm
Depth: 13,1 cm
Width: 13,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17820

Provenance and sources

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

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