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Double-bodied jar with application: anthropomorphic head; Fineline Painting: arms and child

Shape: Double-bodied vessel, both vessel bodies spherical, the front one with anthropomorphic application (head), stirrup spout between the two vessel bodies Colour/technique: brown, white and cream engobed, painted brown and white (fineline technique) Stirrup spout: brown and cream engobed, alternating with the colour of the vessel body of the front vessel: designed as a standing anthropomorphic figure, face engobed in white, eyes and mouth perforated, m neck two further perforations, the mouth tapered to a whistle, cream-coloured outer garment, brown cloak with white net decoration, arms painted on the figure's stomach holding a child rear vessel: spherical, engobed in cream Special: fineline painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Pipe with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 19,6 cm
Depth: 9 cm
Width: 16,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 11437

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Malabrigo (Provincia de Trujillo)
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Städtisches Museum für Natur-, Völker- und Handelskunde, Bremen - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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