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Presentation of cultivated plants

Form: hemispherical vase, conical spout at the top Colour/technique: red body, painted cream, relief body: on the front a standing anthropomorphic figure, outer garment with wide cream collar, ear ornaments and headdress/covering, holding a cultivated plant in each hand (maize and manioc), cream-coloured circles (stars?) above and next to the figure (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 18,4 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Width: 13,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47901

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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