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Seated anthropomorphic figure with a Strombus snail

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Form: anthropomorphic, seated figure, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: face red-brown, eyes cream, ear ornaments cream, outer garment cream, red-brown cloak above, holding a Strombus snail in his hands Special: ear ornaments (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 23,8 cm
Depth: 19,2 cm
Width: 15,1 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 12953

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
    Carl Plock - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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