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Llama Vessel

c. 200–550 CE

Peru, North Coast, Moche style

Medium
earthenware with colored slips
Measurements
Overall: 17.8 x 13.2 x 23.1 cm (7 x 5 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1990.128
Public Domain
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Location
232 Andean
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Description

It is not clear whether the llama's appearance in Moche art is explained by its importance as a sacrificial animal; as a source of meat, fertilizer, and wool; or as the Andes's only burden-bearing beast, as this vessel shows. It also may be important that llamas are natives of the mountains, where seasonal rains charge the rivers that flow down to the desert coast and make life possible.

Llama Vessel

c. 200–550 CE

Peru, North Coast, Moche style

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