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39-20-51

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-51
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Moche V
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 500-700 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Stirrup-Handle. Red ware, over-fired. Flat base; globular body; heart-shaped stirrup spout. Genre painting in brown on white ground; upper half of warrior with elaborate headdress with two "fans" and crescentic axe-blade. Shield, club and darts occupy the spaces between the identical figures.

Height 24 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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