This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Kneeling anthropomorphic figure

Form: anthropomorphic, kneeling figure, stirrup spout on the back, (broken off) Colour/technique: red body, red-brown and cream engobed Stirrup spout: cream engobed Vessel body: Face engobed in cream colour, red-brown facial tattooing/painting, ear ornaments, zoomorphic headdress, outer garment painted in polymorphic geometric pattern, unidentifiable object in right hand (broken off) RS: feather cloak (?) Especially: ear jewellery, face tattoo/painting (Beatrix Hoffmann, 2008)

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Moche
Object type
Figure vessel with stirrup spout
Dimensions
Height: 19,5 cm
Depth: 12,3 cm
Width: 18,3 cm
Material/Technique
Sound
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 12948

Provenance and sources

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

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.5 / 7.5