Object Number | 55-3-8 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mochica |
Provenience | Peru |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Human Figure |
Description | Effigy jar. Red ware, lower part of body and details white. Flat base, globular body with wide pointed shoulders, human head in full round forming cylindrical neck of vessel, the human body pendent in high relief on the back of the vessel with the arms on the front. Headdress with flaps behind and with chin strap; has band in feline form with head in high relief over forehead. Spike in high relief on back. |
Height | 27 cm |
Width | 23 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Henry S. Jeanes, 1955 |
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