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Bird/owl

Shape: zoomorphic, owl with a Strombus scroll on the back, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, white and red-brown engobed, painted white and red-brown, partially polished Stirrup spout: Stirrups in red and white, alternating with the colour of the vessel body, white spout Vessel body: Owl body red-brown with white dots, white forehead, eye area and beak painted red-brown, Strombus snail white, with incised decoration (stripes) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 25,2 cm
Depth: 16,5 cm
Width: 11,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18117

Provenance and sources

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

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