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Prisoner

Form: half-naked anthropomorphic figure, seated, spout above the head Colour/technique: red body, painted white and black VS: red face with black facial tattoo/painting, white eyes, white rope around the neck, depiction of a penis, body tattoo/painting, white outer garment (incised decoration: square fields) RS: hands tied behind her back, suggestion of a parted mop of hair Especially: face tattoo/painting, body tattoo/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 18,3 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Width: 10,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17812

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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