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Bird/owl

Shape: zoomorphic, bird/owl, spout on the head, anthropomorphic figure on the back Colour/technique: red-brown body, polished, painted white, plumage on the back indicated by incised decoration Spout: red-brown body, polished Vessel body: completely red-brown with white dots, owl has anthropomorphic arms holding a white rope placed around the neck so that an anthropomorphic figure is tied to the owl's back Special: anthropomorphic figure on the back with a rope tied tightly around the owl's neck; anthropomorphic figure naked and with ear jewellery (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 21,5 cm
Depth: 17,3 cm
Width: 14,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 11926

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    E.W. Middendorf - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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