This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Two anthropomorphic figures embracing each other

Contact the institution

Form: anthropomorphic, two seated figures, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream painted Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: couple seated in close embrace, the faces red-brown, eyes cream, both figures with neck decoration, the rear figure with loincloth, headdress/covering and black body tattooing/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Depth: 19,4 cm
Width: 14,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 12968

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

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.6 / 7.5