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Stirrup spout vessel; sitting man with coca accessories on the back of his head

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We see a seated man in a trance, touching with his hands a somewhat strange-looking headdress with which accessories for chewing coca leaves are attached to the back of the man's head. One container is for the coca leave, and above it, two lime containers, because the intoxicating alkaloid of the coca leaf only dissolves in combination with lime. Today the chewing of coca leaves is still part of the preparation for a ritual, the ritual purification, before the actual ritual begins. The ceramics show very nicely the mixture of different style elements from Sicá, Chimú and Inca culture. The shape of the eyes points to Sicán, the stirrup spout and the monkey on it to Chimú, while the face with the pointed nose is typical of the Inca.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Chimú-Inka-Kultur
Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 14 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Sound Engobe, moulded in model
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
M 32497 L

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Hagmann; 3644L
  • Production
    when
    15th - 16th century AD.
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Lambayeque
Provenance
There is no confirmed provenance for this object. This vessel, like many others in museum collections, unfortunately originates from looted graves. The motifs on the ceramics can therefore be assigned to a religious context.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

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