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Fineline painting and relief: polymorphic geometric

Shape: ovoid, vessel body with relief, stirrup spout on top Colour/technique: grey body, cream engobed, painted red and black (fineline technique, heavily rubbed) Stirrup spout: cream engobed, red stripes Vessel body: horizontally divided into two parts, upper part with stylised waves, triangles set in between; lower part vertically divided into four parts, each field with geometric relief (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Clay vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 25,8 cm
Depth: 12,9 cm
Width: 13 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62176

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Valle de Chicama
    Hacienda de Casa Grande (near Trujillo)
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Sigmund Gildemeister - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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