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Anthropomorphic seated figure with chalk case

Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, stirrup spout on back Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed, painted red-brown (fineline technique), polished Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: completely engobed cream-coloured, red-brown face tattooing/painting, ear ornaments cream-coloured, zoomorphic head ornament (felid), upper garment polymorphically geometrically painted, in the hands a lime container RS: head ornament/covering hanging down the back and painted with felid fur drawing Special (1): ear ornaments Special (2): fineline painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 24,1 cm
Depth: 18,8 cm
Width: 13,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17562

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo
    who
    Moche
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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