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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains

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Shape: hemispherical vase, conical spout at the top Colour/technique: red body, cream engobed (heavily abraded) Vessel body: on the front a standing anthropo-zoomorphic figure (feline teeth), ear ornaments, arm ornaments, head ornament/covering; the figure is surrounded by six mountain peaks on which two snakes are coiled, their heads also look like part of the figure's headdress (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Height: 24,7 cm
Depth: 16,2 cm
Width: 18,7 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47920

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Trujillo
    who
    Julius van der Zypen
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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