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Vessel with Running Figures

450–550

Peru, North Coast, Moche style

Medium
earthenware with colored slips
Measurements
Overall: 29 x 15.6 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Wise 1947.172
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

Moche painters were masters at capturing the peak of physical activity. On this vessel are runners whose legs seem to churn so fast they ripple the desert groundline. Such runners, common in Moche art, always carry small bags, the contents open to question. But beans sometimes float around the runners, as here, suggesting they are involved in a ritual for planting. Beans also may have been used in rituals to divine the unknown.

Vessel with Running Figures

450–550

Peru, North Coast, Moche style

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