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Application: anthropo-zoomorphic head between two mountain peaks

Shape: conical base, above conical tops as mountain peaks, anthropo-zoomorphic application, stirrup spout on the back of the figure (broken off) Colour/technique: red body, orange and cream engobed, cream and black painted, polished, relief Vessel body: horizontally divided into two parts, lower part cream engobed, upper part orange engobed, on the front and back with zoomorphic relief Relief: a felid in front, a snake behind Application: upper body of an anthropo-zoomorphic figure (felid teeth), black face tattooing/painting and body tattooing/painting, headdress/covering, arm jewellery Special: face tattooing/painting, body tattooing/painting, arm jewellery (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 20,8 cm
Depth: 12,8 cm
Width: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 17999

Provenance and sources

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

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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