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Fineline painting: dance of death; application: pair of anthropomorphic figures (skeletons)

Shape: spherical and with stand ring, anthropomorphic appliqué on the body of the vessel, stirrup spout on the side of the back of the figures Colour/technique: red-brown and cream engobed, polished, painted red-brown (fineline technique) Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed Vessel body: divided horizontally and vertically into two parts, upper half with front view of applied figures shows frieze with dancing skeletons surrounded by vessels, back shows stylised steps, lower half completely red-brown, stand ring cream-coloured Application: two skeletons, one figure white with headdress/covering, the other figure red-brown (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 24,6 x 15,6 x 20,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17643

Provenance and sources

when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
who
Moche

who
Baessler, Arthur - Collectors

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