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Shape: cylindrical base, the body of the vessel depicts five mountain peaks, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red-brown and cream engobed Stirrup spout: cream engobed on the spout rim red-brown Vessel body: cream engobed, the mountain peaks red-brown (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 14 cm
Depth: 15,4 cm
Width: 12,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47970

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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