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