Effigy Vessel
| Object Number: | 39-20-32 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Moche Iv |
| Provenience: | Peru |
| Culture Area: | Andean |
| Date Made: | 200-500 CE |
| Early Date: | 200 |
| Late Date: | 500 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | Potato Woman |
| Height: | 26 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, 1939 |
| Other Number: | F: 3 - Other Number |
Description
Potato-mother. Red ware; red and white paint. Woman's head and arms protruded from a potato which forms the body. Many "eyes" and two human faces show on sides. Stirrup spout.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| South American Gallery (1955 - 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 111 Top row, right | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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. 19, pl. VI | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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