Object Number | 39-20-39 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Moche |
Provenience | Peru |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Musician | Man | Conch Trumpet |
Description | Man Blowing Conch Trumpet. Red ware; red and white paint. Flanged flat base; body more than hemispherical. Figure of a man standing on top and blowing a conch shell trumpet. Wears tunic and girdle and helmet with crescentic battle-axe flanked by two saucer-shaped discs. Stirrup spout. |
Height | 24 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939 |
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