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Pair of birds

Shape: zoomorphic, pair of owls, spout with handle on the back Colour/technique: red body, white engobed, painted white and black Spout: white engobed, handle red body Vessel body: bird's bellies white, heads and backs red body, eyes painted red and black (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Depth: 13,5 cm
Width: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 31539

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Max Buggisch - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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