Effigy Vessel

39-20-40

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 39-20-40
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Moche
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Monster | Fish | Man | Lizard
Description

Water Action Scene. Red ware; red and white paint. Low annular base; modified ovoid body. Figures on top represent a man in elaborate tunic and helmet with half-disc and mushroom-knob, about to lift the cover from a large jar. On shoulder of vessel a man and a lizard partly in high, partly in low relief. Around equator two monster fishes in low relief, painted; others painted below. Stirrup spout.

Height 19.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939

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