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Woman masturbating death

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Form: anthropomorphic, two seated figures, spout at the back (broken off) Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and white engobed Vessel body: figure with skull, completely white engobed, the right hand reaches to the woman's mouth; woman's body red body, face red-brown engobed, eyes white, her hand holds the penis of the figure with skull (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 17,3 cm
Depth: 8,2 cm
Width: 13,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 7673

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Louis Sokoloski - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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