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Fork-necked vessel with figure

On the flat side of the hemispherical, cream and red painted fork-necked vessel features an anthropomorphic figure. It stands on a pedestal in front of a a corona. It probably has fangs and thus zoomorphic features. She is adorned with round ear plugs, wears a crescent-shaped headdress and holds a club in both hands. both hands. According to Lieske (2009), for example, it represents the deity a-L. A similar vessel from Chimbote in the Baessler Collection can be found in the Ethnological Museum Berlin (SMB, inv. no. V A 17779)

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Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
vessels (containers)
Dimensions
270 x 160 x 150 mm
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 31784
Other number(s)
RJM 1914/17

Provenance and sources

when
between 450-750
Period/Style
Early Intermediate Period - Middle Horizon; Moche IV (style)
where
Peru
America -> South America -> Peru -> Coast (north) -> Chimbote (place)

when
1907
who
Julius van der Zypen (1842 - 1907) - Funders

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