Stirrup spout vessel in form of a head

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Description

fired clay, light red coating, painted beige, head with disfigured facial features and knob-shaped appendage, min. dam., fine cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
the disfigurement is probably the result a tropical disease such as leishmaniasis or verruga, diseases with similar symptoms. Both produce faces that almost look mummified.

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Expertise

Thermoluminescence Expertise, 15.04.1982, Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany

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Comparing literature

Berrin, Kathleen (ed.), The spirit of ancient Peru, San Francisco 1998, p. 131, ill. 69

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