Stirrup Spout
| Object Number: | 39-20-39 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Moche |
| Provenience: | Peru |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | Musician Man Conch Trumpet |
| Height: | 24 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939 |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Four Thousand Years of Music (18 May 1950 - Apr 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] Wardle, Harriet N. 1940. "Fictile Art of the Mochicas". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 8. no. 1. pg. 15-24 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 16-17, pl. V | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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