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Object Number 976-1-30/9970
Display Title Stirrup vessel
Descriptions
Object Description Stirrup vessel, brown ware human face effigy. Spout is missing; stirrup has been mended.
Inventory Description Ceramic vessel with missing base, body of vessel is in the shape of a human head, facial features are molded, eyes and lips are incised, molded human legs and feet descend from beneath chin of human head, stirrup spout on top of vessel, spout is missing, large crack extends from between legs to base of stirrup handle, part of stirrup handle has been broken off and repaired, large cracks in stirrup handle, smaller cracks extends down left side of head
Classification
  • Stirrup spout
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Moche
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Peru
Additional Geographic Terms North Coast
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 17.7 x 10.3 x 12.6 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-1-30/9970, 4/ 3280 [partially crossed out]

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