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Figure vessel

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Shape: zoomorphic head, vessel opening on the head Colour/technique: red body, painted cream Vessel body: eyes and ears cream-coloured, tongue hanging out of the mouth (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 12,5 cm
Depth: 13,4 cm
Width: 18 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 66493

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation 1994
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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