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Sacrifice scene on the hill

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

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
who
Moche

who
Louis Sokoloski - Collectors

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