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Stirrup spout vessel; a man holding a shirt in front of him

The squatting man seems to be a high-ranking individual, because he wears elaborate earrings, which is always a sign of dignity. These ceramics were produced in series in models. Unfortunately, we do not know what these squatting men have to do with the textiles. Possibly it has to do with a textile sacrifice. The Moche's southern neighbours, the Nazca, sacrificed textiles. In Cahuachi, an important ritual centre of the Nazca, sacrificial pits with numerous textiles were found. Another scholar points that the earrings are typical for a woman. That could also be possible, because most weavers in Ancient Peru seem to have been women. Weaver tools have been mostly found in graves of women and during the Inca empire, women were weaving the precious clothes for the Inca.

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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: 18 cm, Breite: 18 cm, Tiefe: 19 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
modelled, painted, Relief decoration
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
069061

Provenance and sources

when
Moche II

where
Peru

when
1911
Provenance
There is no confirmed provenance for this object.

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