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Disease presentation

Shape: anthropomorphic head, funnel-shaped vessel opening above the crown Colour/technique: red body, painted white, black and dark red, dark red spout VS: red face, black facial tattoo/painting, white eyes with black rim, white headgear wound under the chin and knotted there, red headband with white dots on top, scars RS: white headgear with red headband and white dots Special features: mouth and nose deformation, facial tattoo/painting, scars (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Portrait head
Dimensions
Height: 22,7 cm
Depth: 14,3 cm
Width: 13,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 62169

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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