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Sacrifice scene on the hill

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Form: polymorphic vessel with cylindrical base, on top a conical mountain peak, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed, relief, incised decoration Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: base red-brown engobed Mountain scene: cream engobed, anthropo-zoomorphic mixed creatures and anthropomorphic figures depicted in relief: left side of the mountain anthropo-zoomorphic mixed creature (zoomorphic head and very long tail) standing with a vessel in his hand; right side of the mountain an anthropomorphic creature with headdress; on the mountain top a figure bent over the summit so that the hair hangs down, steps indicated below in incised decoration; at the foot of the mountain the torso and head of an anthropomorphic figure are separated from each other (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 21,3 cm
Depth: 13,2 cm
Width: 21 cm
Material/Technique
Sound, ceramic
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 7676

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Louis Sokoloski - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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