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Shell

Shape: double-conical bottle in the shape of a shell, spout at the top Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed, incised decoration Spout: cream engobed, handle red-brown with cream-coloured stripes Vessel body: horizontally divided into two parts, lower part cream engobed, upper part red body with incised decoration (shell surface) (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 17,8 cm
Depth: 15,3 cm
Width: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18483

Provenance and sources

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

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