Vessel

58-17-117A

From: Peru

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 58-17-117A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mochica
Provenience Peru
Culture Area Andean
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Stirrup spout missing; seated death figure with cape over head; white painted face with wide empty eyes, drooping mouth; white painted rib cage; smaller human female figure entwined with death figure; long white painted strands of hair (?); rest of vessel red slipped and smoothed. Erotic.

Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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