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Relief: palanquin carried by two anthropo-zoomorphic figures

Shape: spherical bottle with cylindrical spout on top and handle on the side Colour/technique: red body, painted white, relief Vessel neck: upper rim with surrounding frieze of white dots, lower rim set off with white band Vessel body: red body, on the side of the handle (back) a crescent moon in relief; on the opposite side (front) relief: two anthropo-zoomorphic hybrid creatures carry a palanquin on which a third anthropo-zoomorphic hybrid creature sits; the palanquin is surrounded by a serpent-headed aureole (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vase
Dimensions
Height: 22,7 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Width: 14,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18376

Provenance and sources

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

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