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Copulation scene (coitus analis)

Form: anthropomorphic, two figures engaged in sexual intercourse, spout on the back of the upright figure Colour/technique: red body, painted cream and black, partially polished Spout: cream-coloured Vessel body: a female figure lying on her stomach with plaits, neck ornament, arm ornament and black body tattoo/painting, behind her standing a male anthropomorphic figure with arm ornament, headdress and black face tattoo/painting and body tattoo/painting RS: the back of the standing figure with zoomorphic (lizard) and polymorphic geometric body tattooing/painting underside: depiction of the vulva of the reclining figure Especially: face tattooing/painting and body tattooing/painting, neck jewellery, arm jewellery (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 16,7 x 6,5 x 26,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18535

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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