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Bird/owl

Shape: zoomorphic, bird/owl, spout on the head, handle on the back Colour/technique: red body, white engobed, painted white and brown, plumage on the back indicated by incised decoration Spout: white engobed Vessel body: front head red body, white eyes and white ear decoration; back painted brown, belly white engobed, special: ear decoration (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 17,6 cm
Depth: 12,2 cm
Width: 7,8 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 2715

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo area
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Martin Berendsohn - 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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