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Stirrup spout vessel in form of a head ·  Peru, northern coast, Moche Phase III-IV · ID: 3038705

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Provenance
Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany
Robert Zink, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch

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.


The object Stirrup spout vessel in form of a head with the object ID 3038705 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 157.

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Expertise

Thermoluminescence Expertise, 15.04.1982, Ralf Kotalla, Haigerloch, Germany


Comparing literature

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


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