Effigy Vessel
55-3-5
From: Peru | Peru, North Coast
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 55-3-5 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Moche |
Provenience | Peru | Peru, North Coast |
Culture Area | Andean |
Section | American |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Figure | Cave |
Description | Figure Standing in Cave; wide mouth. Red ware mostly covered with white slip; surface worn. Deated human mummy with mantle. Ear plugs, wide collar, skirt with incised V and pellet decoration. Wide cylindrical neck of vessel rising from top of head. |
Height | 23.7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Henry S. Jeanes, 1955 |
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