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Anthropo-zoomorphic figure

Form: hemispherical figurine vessel, standing anthropo-zoomorphic figure, stirrup spout on the back Colour/technique: red body, painted red-brown and cream-coloured (heavily rubbed) Stirrup spout: red-brown engobed, polished Vessel body: anthropo-zoomorphic figure (felid teeth), cream-coloured eyes, double ear decoration, two snakes coiled on the back, their heads resting on the head of the anthropo-zoomorphic figure (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 20,3 cm
Depth: 16,3 cm
Width: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 12006

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Moche 0 - 600
    where
    Peru
    Chimbote
    who
    Moche
  • Collecting
    who
    I.M. Bolivar - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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