Effigy Jar
55-3-3
From: Peru | Peru, North Coast
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 55-3-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Moche |
| Provenience | Peru | Peru, North Coast |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Man |
| Description | Man, Standing, Large wide-mouthed Jar. Red pottery; surface badly worn. Standing human figure with short legs; heavy body with hands at sides at low waist (indicated by groove). Head, which is neck of vessel, wears large ear plugs and headdress in form of animal with legs in low relief and head in the round projecting over forehead, and tail in low relief on back. Cracked. |
| Height | 27.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Henry S. Jeanes, 1955 |
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