This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.
Standing anthropomorphic figure with child

Shape: Double-bodied vessel, front body anthropomorphic as a standing figure, the rear body spherical, spout on top, the handle reaches the back of the figure's head Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and white engobed, painted white and black, incised decoration, bas-relief spout: white, handle red-brown VS: face: red body, black facial inlay/painting, wrinkles indicated by incised decoration, mouth pointed to form a whistle, white eyes, white cape reaching from the head to the ground, white outer garment with red-brown rectangles on the border, arms bent, holding a bowl in the right hand and a child in the left hand (bas-relief) RS: spherical vessel body engobed in red-brown Special: face tattoo/painting, holding a bowl in her right hand and a child in her left hand (relief) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

This content was machine-translated
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 17,8 cm
Depth: 11,7 cm
Width: 18,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17995

Provenance and sources

Production
when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Chimbote
who
Moche
Collecting
who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.4.1 / 7.4.1