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Application: Bird's head

Form: two-part vessel, both parts spherical, anthropomorphic appliqué on the larger, stirrup spout on the back of the appliqué figure Colour/technique: red body, orange and cream engobed Stirrup spout: red body Front body: globular, horizontally divided into two parts, lower part engobed in cream colour, upper part engobed in orange colour, applied anthropomorphic head, the eyes and mouth are holes, two further holes on the side of the head Rear vessel body: globular, engobed in cream colour (heavily abraded) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Pipe with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 17,4 cm
Depth: 16,7 cm
Width: 10,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 49704

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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