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Copulation scene

Form: anthropomorphic, coitus scene, spout on the head of the upper figure Colour/technique: red body, painted cream and red-brown (fineline technique) Vessel body: an anthropomorphic figure lying prone on a rectangular pedestal, with neck ornament and plaits, behind her an anthropomorphic figure with headdress/covering (polymorphically geometrically painted), upper garment, arm ornaments Special: polymorphic geometric fineline painting on the headdress and on the pedestal on the left side of the reclining figure (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 21,2 cm
Depth: 21,6 cm
Width: 13,5 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 18541

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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