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Stirrup spout vessel, representing a packed llama

The standing llama carries a transverse sack on its back. Llamas were bred as pack animals about 6000 years ago from the original form guanaco. They supplied the central Andes region by means of caravans until the 20th century.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
südliche Moche
Object type
Ritual object
Dimensions
Höhe: 19 cm, Länge: 24 cm, Breite: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
painted, in model moulded, Engobe
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
069023

Provenance and sources

when
5th - 7th century AD.

where
Peru

when
1911
Provenance
For numerous Moche objects in the Carl Sutorius Collection, Chimbote is given as the place of origin. However, this is the port of export and not the actual place of discovery. Given the similarity with ceramics excavated by Max Uhle in the area surrounding the Huaca de la Luna, it is assumed that a considerable part of the Sutorius Moche collection originates from later excavations following Uhle's activity in the same area (Kaulicke, Las Ruinas de Moche, Lima 2014).

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