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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)

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

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Chimbote
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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