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Vessel in the Shape of a Seated Figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2018
Vessel in the Shape of a Seated Figure,A.D. 525–550
Date: A.D. 525–550
Geography: Peru
Culture: Moche
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Vessels
Credit Line: Museo de Sitio de Chan Chan, Huanchaco, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (13-01-04/IV/A-1/13, 439)
The elaborate headdress of the seated figure on this vessel features octopus tentacles and an owl’s head, making it similar to the octopus frontlet recovered from the nearby site of La Mina.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722394
Date: A.D. 525–550
Geography: Peru
Culture: Moche
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Vessels
Credit Line: Museo de Sitio de Chan Chan, Huanchaco, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (13-01-04/IV/A-1/13, 439)
The elaborate headdress of the seated figure on this vessel features octopus tentacles and an owl’s head, making it similar to the octopus frontlet recovered from the nearby site of La Mina.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722394
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