Head Vessel

34291

From: Peru | Chimbote | Lower Santa Valley

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 34291
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Moche
Provenience Peru | Chimbote | Lower Santa Valley
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Ware | Painted
Iconography Portrait Head
Description

portrait. flat base, body standing vertically but modified to portrait head wearing (painted) head cloth across forehead and over back of head, with folds at side of face. Y-necked

Outside Diameter 15.24 cm
Credit Line William Pepper Peruvian Expedition; Max Uhle, subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number 3601 - Field No SF

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