Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains | Photographer: Peter Jacob
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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure in the mountains
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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 24,7 x 18,7 x 16,2 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 47920
Provenance and sources
when
Moche 0 - 600
where
Peru
Trujillo [Stadt]
who
Julius van der Zypen
Moche
who
Wilhelm Gretzer (1847 - 1926) - Collectors
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