Effigy Vessel

39-20-18

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Moche
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Date Made 200 BCE-700 CE
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Musician | Trumpet
Description

Red ware; red and white paint. Figure of a man holding large conch shell trumpet. Wears shirt and figured shoulder cloth, tied on left shoulder and crownless cap with broad neck-flap. His coca-bag hangs over the right shoulder from a cord around his neck. Stirrup spout, upright part off. Pendant ear discs show a painted spiral.

Height 18.5 cm
Width 14 cm
Outside Diameter 18 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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