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Warrior Vessel

c. 50–200 CE

Peru, North Coast, Moche, Moche style

(50-800)
Medium
earthenware with colored slips
Measurements
Overall: 21.6 x 11.3 x 14.9 cm (8 1/2 x 4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1989.90
Public Domain
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Location
232 Andean
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Description

This vessel's exquisite, crisp detail rewards careful viewing. The modeling of the feline pelt on the back is especially delicate and sharp, and each of the squares on the tunic carries a tiny dot in the upper corners, as though the squares represent plates of metal or shell attached to fabric. The face is decorated with paint or tattooing, and the headdress supports a curved, blade-shaped form.
A matte cream ceramic vessel depicts a kneeling figure, right hand holding a small sphere while their left arm is broken at the elbow, revealing a hollow interior. The figure wears a tiered, crescent-topped headdress and large circular earrings. Their face, split vertically with dark brown and white slip, sits above a torso covered in a reddish-brown grid pattern. The entire figure rests atop a rectangular base.

Warrior Vessel

c. 50–200 CE

Peru, North Coast, Moche, Moche style (50-800)

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