Object Number | 39-20-41 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Moche |
Provenience | Peru |
Culture Area | Andean |
Date Made | 200-700 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Warrior | Raft | Fish |
Description | Red ware; red and white paint. Flanged flat base; modified ovoid body, surmounted by the figure of a warrior, seated on a raft upheld by floats and guided by four attendants, swimming with floats. Warrior wears shirt; helmet with two discs and crescentic axe-blade; beaked mask; large ear-discs; bead necklace. He carries square shield and war-club. The body of the vessel bears genre painting of fish, crabs, etx. Stirrup spout. |
Height | 26 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Depth | 21 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939 |
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