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Head vessel

Shape: lentil-shaped, anthropomorphic head, conical neck on the head (added later, plaster?) Colour/technique: yellow body, red-brown and cream-coloured engobed Spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: cream-coloured face, red-brown face tattoo/painting, eyes closed, grinning mouth, hair or headdress (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Head vessel
Dimensions
Height: 23,4 cm
Depth: 18,5 cm
Width: 11,6 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17923

Provenance and sources

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

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